Weather
METEOR 2-18
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METEOR 2-18 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on February 28, 1989 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 28, 1989 at 04:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Tsiklon-3 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 18
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 952 km
- Periapsis
- 933 km
- Inclination
- 82.52°
- Orbital period
- 103.89 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 19851
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.522 m²
- Status
- active