Weather
METEOR 2-4
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METEOR 2-4 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on March 1, 1979 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 1, 1979 at 06:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 4
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 868 km
- Periapsis
- 835 km
- Inclination
- 81.22°
- Orbital period
- 101.96 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1979-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11288
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.5669 m²
- Status
- active