Meteor-M n°2 & Others

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:58:28

Tuesday July 8, 2014

Mission Details

Meteor-M n°2

Wiki

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: - Relek - Ukube-1 - SkySat-2 - TechDemoSat-1 - AISSat-2 - DX-1

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

6 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Active Since 2011

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 46.94m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 3,250 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


17th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2014

2014


38th

Orbital launch attempt