Weather
METEOR 2-5
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METEOR 2-5 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on October 31, 1979 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 31, 1979 at 09:25 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 5
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 877 km
- Periapsis
- 859 km
- Inclination
- 81.21°
- Orbital period
- 102.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1979-095A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11605
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.2226 m²
- Status
- active