Weather
METEOR 2-21
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METEOR 2-21 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on August 31, 1993 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 31, 1993 at 04:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Tsiklon-3 →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Meteor-2 21
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 965 km
- Periapsis
- 934 km
- Inclination
- 82.55°
- Orbital period
- 104.04 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1993-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22782
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.2412 m²
- Status
- active