Operator Roscosmos/Roshydromet SATCAT no. 35865 Launch date 17 September 2009 Mission type Weather satellite | COSPAR ID 2009-049A Manufacturer VNIIEM Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | |
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Mission duration Planned: 5 years
Actual: ~5 years Launch mass 2,930 kilograms (6,460 lb) Similar Resurs‑P No1, Resurs‑DK No1, Universitetsky‑Tatyana‑2, Koronas‑Foton, Nanosat‑1B | ||
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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