MERIDIAN 7

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MERIDIAN 7 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40296

Int'l Code: 2014-069A

Perigee: 1,615.3 km

Apogee: 38,755.0 km

Inclination: 63.1 °

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   21020.24666532  .00000009  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 40296  63.0747  96.5504 6992678 273.3343  14.3017  2.00611653 45628

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC