Weather
METEOR 2-6
activeWeatherLEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 9, 1980 at 11:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Vostok 8A92M →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 881 km
- Periapsis
- 829 km
- Inclination
- 81.22°
- Orbital period
- 102.04 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1980-073A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11962
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.723 m²
- Status
- active