Weather
NORAD ID: 35865
Int'l Code: 2009-049A
Perigee: 824.0 km
Apogee: 828.3 km
Inclination: 98.6 °
Period: 101.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7197 km
Launch date: September 17, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35865U 09049A 13144.86340680 .00000010 00000-0 23814-4 0 4771
2 35865 098.6039 197.8574 0002991 127.1182 233.0261 14.21886528191157
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for METEOR-M
