Meteor-M No.1

Meteor-M No.1
Mission typeWeather
OperatorRoscosmos/Roshydromet
COSPAR ID2009-049A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.35865
Mission durationPlanned: 5 years[1]
Actual: 5 years, 2 months[2]
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerVNIIEM
Launch mass2,930 kilograms (6,460 lb)[1]
Payload mass700 kilograms (1,500 lb)[1]
Power1400 watts[1]
Start of mission
Launch date17 September 2009 15:55:07 (2009-09-17UTC15:55:07Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1b/Fregat
Launch siteBaikonur Site 31/6
End of mission
Last contactNovember 2014 (2014-12)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
Perigee altitude827.3 kilometres (514.1 mi)[3]
Apogee altitude823.8 kilometres (511.9 mi)[3]
Inclination98.5 degrees[3]
Period101.3 minutes[3]

Meteor-M No.1 was the first of the Russian Meteor-M series of polar-orbiting weather satellites. It was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 17 September 2009. Meteor-M No.1 was the designated replacement for Meteor-3M No.1,[4] and had a design life of 5 years. In November 2014, Russian officials announced the termination of the mission after a failure of the onboard attitude control system.[2]

Since its termination, the satellite has been heard on radio by amateur radio operators, even transmitting pictures of the Earth.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Administrator. "Основные характеристики КА "Метеор-М" №1". www.vniiem.ru. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (4 July 2019). "Russia begins rebuilding its weather satellite network with Meteor M1". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Technical details for satellite METEOR-M". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  4. ^ Clark, Stephen (17 September 2009). "Soyuz rocket launches Russian weather satellite". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Meteor M-N1 Satellite Wakes up from the Dead". RTL-SDR.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved 2024-02-02.