Payload
MERIDIAN 3
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
MERIDIAN 3 is a Military Space Forces (VKS) payload satellite, launched on November 2, 2010 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 2, 2010 at 12:58 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,331 km
- Periapsis
- 2,030 km
- Inclination
- 63.45°
- Orbital period
- 717.89 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Military Space Forces (VKS)
- Manufacturer
- PO Polyot
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-058A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37212
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 27.9649 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational