Payload
MERIDIAN 9
OperationalPayloadHEO
MERIDIAN 9 is a Military Space Forces (VKS) payload satellite, launched on February 20, 2020 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 20, 2020 at 08:24 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Meridian-M No.19L
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,394 km
- Periapsis
- 1,963 km
- Inclination
- 65.52°
- Orbital period
- 717.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Military Space Forces (VKS)
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-015A
- NORAD catalog №
- 45254
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational