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Meteor-M No.1

2009 Russian weather satellite. Meteor-M No.1 was launched on September 17, 2009 aboard a Soyuz-2-1B from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2009-049ANORAD 35865Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Meteor-M No. 1
Common name
Meteor-M No.1
Other names
:C,:RC,372A332 No.138-1573-091I:RA
International designator
2009-049A
NORAD catalog number
35865
GCAT identifier
S35865
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/593

Mission

Mission type
Meteorology, Radar imaging
Use
Civil government
Program
Meteor-M
Owner
Rosgidromet
Country
Russia
Builder
All-Union Electromechanical Scientific Research Institute
Platform (bus)
Resurs-O

Launch

Date
September 17, 2009 · 15:55 UTC
Launch record
2009-049Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
816 km
Apogee
821 km
Inclination
98.80°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
November 2022
End of operations
Sep 23, 2014

Size

Mass
2,755 kg
Dry mass
2,600 kg
Length
6.5 m
Diameter
2.90 m
Span
14.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4291713 (CC0).