Weather
METEOR-M 2
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METEOR-M 2 is a Russian Federal Service For Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) weather satellite, launched on July 8, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 8, 2014 at 03:58 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 825 km
- Periapsis
- 815 km
- Inclination
- 98.51°
- Orbital period
- 101.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russian Federal Service For Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET)
- Manufacturer
- VNIIEM
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,755 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-037A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40069
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 8.6621 m²
- Status
- Partially operational