Meteor-M No.1
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| Mission type | Weather |
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| Operator | Roscosmos/Roshydromet |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-049A |
| SATCAT № | 35865 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 5 years Actual: ~5 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | VNIIEM |
| Launch mass | 2,930 kilograms (6,460 lb) |
| Payload mass | 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) |
| Power | 1400 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 September 2009 19:55 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Perigee | 827.3 kilometres (514.1 mi) |
| Apogee | 823.8 kilometres (511.9 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.5 degrees |
| Period | 101.3 minutes |
Meteor-M No.1, was the first of Russian Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite. It was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 17 September 2009. It had a design life of 5 years. In November 2014, Russian officials announced the termination of the mission after a failure of the onboard attitude control system.
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