Weather
METEOR-3M
activeWeatherLEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 10, 2001 at 05:18 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Zenit-2 →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Meteor-3M No. 1
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,013 km
- Periapsis
- 993 km
- Inclination
- 99.82°
- Orbital period
- 105.18 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2001-056A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27001
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 6.7092 m²
- Status
- active