Mission type | Weather |
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Operator | Roscosmos/Roshydromet |
COSPAR ID | 2014-037A |
SATCAT no. | 40069 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 2,700 kilograms (6,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 July 2014 |
Launch site | Baikonur |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Perigee altitude | 825.5 kilometres (512.9 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 835.0 kilometres (518.8 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 98.5 degrees[1] |
Period | 101.4 minutes[1] |
Meteor-M No.2 (also known as Meteor M2) was the second Russian Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite.[1] It was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 8 July 2014. It was designed to operate for 5 years.[1]