Weather
METEOR 2-8
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METEOR 2-8 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on March 25, 1982 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 25, 1982 at 09:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Tsiklon-3 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Meteor-2 8
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 956 km
- Periapsis
- 932 km
- Inclination
- 82.54°
- Orbital period
- 103.93 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1982-025A
- NORAD catalog №
- 13113
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 4.293 m²
- Status
- active