MERIDIAN 7

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MERIDIAN 7 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40296

Int'l Code: 2014-069A

Perigee: 1,520.3 km

Apogee: 38,848.1 km

Inclination: 63.6 °

Period: 717.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 26555 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 30, 2014
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

MERIDIAN 7 is a satellite manufactured by ISS Reshetnev, a Russian space contractor, as replacements for a previous generation of Molniya communications satellites. The Meridian satellites link Russian ground forces, aircraft, ships and command centers in the Arctic, Siberia and the North Sea. The company said the satellite was transmitting telemetry and all systems were functioning as designed following launch.

1 40296U 14069A   24131.51281680 -.00000077  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 40296  63.5776 299.8402 7028348 273.4109  15.4254  2.00622232 69835

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC