Weather
METEOR 2-3
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METEOR 2-3 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on December 14, 1977 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 14, 1977 at 09:30 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 3
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 872 km
- Periapsis
- 838 km
- Inclination
- 81.21°
- Orbital period
- 102.04 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-117A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10514
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.5824 m²
- Status
- active