Weather
METEOR 2-12
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METEOR 2-12 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on February 6, 1985 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 6, 1985 at 09:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Tsiklon-3 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 12
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 954 km
- Periapsis
- 933 km
- Inclination
- 82.53°
- Orbital period
- 103.91 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1985-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 15516
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.8425 m²
- Status
- active