Status
Success
Meteor-M n°1 & Others
Launch Time
Thu Sep 17, 2009 15:55 UTC
Thu Sep 17, 2009 15:55 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Meteor-M n°1
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,900.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Others
Other payloads were launched:
- BLITS
- Tatiana-2
- Sterkh n°2
- UGATUSAT
- Sumbandila
- IRIS
Total Mass: 6.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2009
52nd orbital launch attempt
Soyuz 2.1b
3rd mission
1st mission of 2009
3rd successful mission