Weather
METEOR 2-9
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Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 14, 1982 at 10:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 877 km
- Periapsis
- 801 km
- Inclination
- 81.25°
- Orbital period
- 101.7 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1982-116A
- NORAD catalog №
- 13718
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.592 m²
- Status
- active