MERIDIAN 1

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MERIDIAN 1 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 29668

Int'l Code: 2006-061A

Perigee: 976.9 km

Apogee: 39,394.5 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 717.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 26556 km

RCS: 13.9811 m² (large)

Launch date: December 24, 2006
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

The Meridian spacecraft was designed to ensure communications of sea-going ships and ice reconnaissance planes in the area of the Northern Sea Route with coastal stations as well as expansion of the network of satellite communication stations in northern areas of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Such satellites will operate on high-elliptical orbits. They will help to expand meter bands of radio frequencies and will be more reliable and of higher longevity

1 29668U 06061A   17264.54481407 +.00000038 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9998
2 29668 064.8052 082.0438 7233114 238.5791 030.0730 02.00604917078714

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC