MERIDIAN 7

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MERIDIAN 7 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40296

Int'l Code: 2014-069A

Perigee: 1,213.4 km

Apogee: 39,159.6 km

Inclination: 63.5 °

Period: 717.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 26557 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   22183.61288164 -.00000140  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 40296  63.4737  28.3902 7144164 273.8394  15.1576  2.00596039 56235

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC