Meteor-M n°1 & Others

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:55:07

Thursday September 17, 2009

Mission Details

Meteor-M n°1

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Meteor-M satellites are a new generation of russian meteorological satellites to replace the Meteor-3M series. The first Meteor-M satellites will feature following instruments: - MSU-MR - Low-resolution Multispectral Scanner for global and regional for cloud cover mapping - KMSS - multichannel scanning unit for Earth surface monitoring - MTVZA-GYa - imager/sounder for Atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, sea surface wind - Severjanin - X-band SAR for Ice monitoring - DCS - Data Collection System - GGAK-M - Heliogeophysical instrument suite One intial Meteor-M 1 satellite was built, followed by the improved Meteor-M 2 series satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2,900 kilograms

Others

Other payloads were launched: - BLITS - Tatiana-2 - Sterkh n°2 - UGATUSAT - Sumbandila - IRIS

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

6 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat

Active Since 2006

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 46.94m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 3,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 11.43m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

47 hr 9 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1b


3rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2009

2009


52nd

Orbital launch attempt