METEOR-M

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METEOR-M is classified as:

NORAD ID: 35865

Int'l Code: 2009-049A

Perigee: 823.4 km

Apogee: 827.0 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)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 137.100/137.900
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Mode: 72Kbps QPSK
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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.