Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M n°2 & Others

Status

Success

Meteor-M n°2 & Others

Launch Time
Tue Jul 08, 2014 15:58 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Image Credit: Roscosmos

Roscosmos

Status: Active

Price: $25.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN

Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg

Payload to GTO: 3,250 kg

Stages: 4

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 46.94 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m

Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Details

Mission Details

Meteor-M n°2

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

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Others

Other payloads were launched:
- Relek
- Ukube-1
- SkySat-2
- TechDemoSat-1
- AISSat-2
- DX-1

Total Mass: 6.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

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Stats

2014

38th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

17th mission

3rd mission of 2014

16th successful mission

9th consecutive successful mission