Meteor-M_No.1

Meteor-M No.1

Meteor-M No.1

2009 Russian weather satellite

Meteor-M No.1 was the first of the Russian Meteor-M series of polar-orbiting weather satellites. It was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 17 September 2009. Meteor-M No.1 was the designated replacement for Meteor-3M No.1,[4] and 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.[2]

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Since its termination, the satellite has been heard on radio by amateur radio operators, even transmitting pictures of the Earth.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Administrator. "Основные характеристики КА "Метеор-М" №1". www.vniiem.ru. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  2. [2]
    Zak, Anatoly (4 July 2019). "Russia begins rebuilding its weather satellite network with Meteor M1". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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    "Technical details for satellite METEOR-M". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  4. [4]
    Clark, Stephen (17 September 2009). "Soyuz rocket launches Russian weather satellite". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Meteor M-N1 Satellite Wakes up from the Dead". RTL-SDR.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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