Meteor-1 1
Meteor-1-1 was the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, and was launched 26 March 1969 on a Vostok rocket. It weighed between 1,200 and 1,400 kilograms, and was originally placed in orbit at an altitude of 650 km. Two solar panels were automatically oriented toward the Sun. It ceased operations in July 1970.[1] Meteor-1-1 was the first of a series of 25 launches of similar spacecraft (model designation Meteor M 11F614) from 1969 to 1977.[2]
The satellite provided near-global observations of the Earth's weather systems, cloud cover, ice and snow fields, and reflected and emitted radiation from the dayside and nightside of the Earth-atmosphere system for operational use by the Soviet meteorological service. Some of the processed data and TV pictures from the satellite were distributed to meteorological centers on the world.[1]
Meteor-1-1 deorbited and fell in Antarctica on 26 March 2012, on the anniversary of its launch 43 years earlier, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. "According to data provided by the Main Center for Space Reconnaissance, which is part of Russia's Space Forces, fragments of the Meteor-1-1 satellite entered the Earth's atmosphere at 02:17 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday (22:17 GMT Monday 26 March 2012)," according to Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin. He also said that the defunct satellite fell in the Queen Maud Land region of Antarctica, about 690 kilometres (430 miles) from Argentinean research station of Belgrano II.[3]
See also
- Meteor
References
External links
- Sputnik server
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- Venera 5
- Venera 6
- Kosmos 263
- Soyuz 4
- Soyuz 5
- 7K-L1 No.13L
- OSO-5
- OPS 7585
- Kosmos 264
- US-A No.5
- Isis 1
- Meteor-1 No.11
- OPS 3890
- OPS 2644
- Intelsat III F-3
- Kosmos 265
- OPS 0757
- Luna E-8 No.201
- 7K-L1S No.3
- Mariner 6
- Kosmos 266
- ESSA-9
- Kosmos 267
- Apollo 9
- OPS 4248
- Kosmos 268
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- OV1-17
- OV1-18
- OV1-19
- Orbiscal 2
- OPS 3722
- OPS 2285
- Kosmos 273
- Kosmos 274
- Meteor-1 No.12
- 2M No.521
- Mariner 7
- Kosmos 275
- 2M No.522
- Kosmos 276
- Kosmos 277
- Kosmos 278
- Molniya-1 No.16
- OPS 3148
- Nimbus 3
- SECOR 13
- Kosmos 279
- OPS 5310
- Kosmos 280
- OPS 1101
- OPS 1721
- Kosmos 281
- Apollo 10
- Kosmos 282
- Intelsat III F-4
- OPS 6909
- OPS 6911
- ERS-29
- ERS-26
- OV5-9
- Kosmos 283
- Kosmos 284
- Kosmos 285
- OPS 1077
- OGO-6
- Luna E-8-5 No.402
- Kosmos 286
- Explorer 41
- Kosmos 287
- Kosmos 288
- Biosatellite 3
- STV-2
- 7K-L1S No.5
- Kosmos 289
- Luna 15
- Apollo 11
- Kosmos 290
- Molniya-1 No.18
- OPS 1127
- DS-P1-Yu No.23
- OPS 3654
- Intelsat III F-5
- OPS 8285
- Kosmos 291
- Zond 7
- OSO-6
- PAC-1
- ATS-5
- Kosmos 292
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- Kosmos 295
- OPS 7807
- Pioneer E
- ERS-32
- Kosmos 296
- Kosmos 297
- Kosmos 298
- Kosmos 299
- Unnamed
- OPS 3531
- OPS 4710
- Kosmos 300
- Kosmos 301
- OPS 7613
- NRL PL-161
- NRL PL-162
- NRL PL-163
- NRL PL-164
- NRL PL-176
- Timation 2
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- Meteor-1 No.15
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- OPS 8455
- Kosmos 308
- Azur
- Kosmos 309
- Apollo 12
- Kosmos 310
- Skynet 1A
- Kosmos 311
- Kosmos 312
- 7K-L1e No.1
- Kosmos 313
- OPS 6617
- Kosmos 314
- Kosmos 315
- Kosmos 316
- Kosmos 317
- Interkosmos 2
- Unnamed