METEOR-M

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METEOR-M is classified as:

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• Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 35865
Int'l Code: 2009-049A
Perigee: 823.7 km
Apogee: 827.2 km
Inclination: 98.4 °
Period: 101.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7196 km
RCS: 5.0294 m² (large)
Launch date: September 17, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)


METEOR M1 is a a Russian weather satellite designed to monitor the Earth's climate. Meteor M1's six instruments will give Russian meteorologists a comprehensive look at the planet's weather systems, helping forecasters create more accurate climate outlooks. A suite of imagers and sounders will take pictures of cloud formations and detect sea surface temperatures, air temperatures and moisture. The craft also carries a radar designed to monitor ice in the polar regions to aid navigation. The 6,000-pound satellite is a replacement for the Meteor 3-M1 observatory launched in 2001. That spacecraft failed a few years ago, forcing Russia to rely on foreign weather satellites.

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2 35865  98.4486 297.8131 0002409 168.3504 191.7730 14.22080298364648

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC