MERIDIAN 7

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MERIDIAN 7 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40296

Int'l Code: 2014-069A

Perigee: 1,242.3 km

Apogee: 39,127.9 km

Inclination: 63.6 °

Period: 717.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 26556 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   23149.57927467 -.00000291  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 40296  63.6129 344.3128 7133133 273.7488  14.5381  2.00611772 62876

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC