Weather
METEOR 1-26
activeWeatherLEONORAD 9481
METEOR 1-26 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on October 15, 1976 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 15, 1976 at 10:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-1 26 (35L)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 874 km
- Periapsis
- 842 km
- Inclination
- 81.22°
- Orbital period
- 102.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,280 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.4 × 4.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1976-102A
- NORAD catalog №
- 9481
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 3.7331 m²
- Status
- active