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recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 satellites toggle satellites subsection 1 1 meteor prototype 1 2 meteor 1 1 3 meteor 2 1 3 1 meteor 2 2 1 3 2 meteor 2 5 1 3 3 meteor 2 6 1 3 4 meteor 2 7 1 3 5 meteor 2 8 1 3 6 meteor 2 21 1 4 meteor priroda 1 5 meteor 3 1 5 1 meteor 3 5 1 5 2 meteor 3 6 prare 1 5 3 meteor 3m 1 6 meteor m 2 see also 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents meteor satellite 12 languages български deutsch suomi français galego עברית magyar bahasa indonesia 日本語 português русский українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia series of weather observation satellites launched by russia this article is about satellites named meteor for the process of satellites becoming meteors see atmospheric entry and meteor model of a meteor 2 satellite the meteor spacecraft are weather observation satellites launched by the soviet union and russia since the cold war the meteor satellite series was initially developed during the 1960s 1 the meteor satellites clarification needed were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea surface temperatures humidity radiation sea ice conditions snow cover and clouds not verified in body between 1964 and 1969 a total of eleven soviet union meteor satellites were launched satellites edit unlike the united states which has separate civilian and military weather satellites the soviet union used a single weather satellite type for both purposes 2 meteor prototype edit meteor prototype launches satellite launch date nssdc id scn apogee km perigee km inclination period min note kosmos 44 28 august 1964 1964 053a 00876 857 615 65 04 technology demonstrator kosmos 58 26 february 1965 1965 014a 01907 647 563 65 technology demonstrator kosmos 100 17 december 1965 1965 106a 01843 658 630 65 technology demonstrator kosmos 118 11 may 1966 1966 038a 02168 657 587 65 technology demonstrator kosmos 122 25 june 1966 1966 057a 02254 683 657 65 14 97 12 launched as meteor 5l kosmos 144 28 february 1967 1967 018a 02695 625 625 81 2 96 9 launched as meteor 6l kosmos 156 27 april 1967 1967 039a 02762 630 630 81 2 97 0 kosmos 184 24 october 1967 1967 102a 03010 635 635 81 2 97 1 kosmos 206 14 march 1968 1968 019a 03150 630 630 81 2 97 0 kosmos 226 12 june 1968 1968 049a 03282 603 650 81 2 96 9 1 february 1969 launch failure references 3 4 5 meteor 1 edit meteor 1 was a set of fully operational russian meteorological satellite launched from the plesetsk site the satellites were placed in a near circular near polar prograde orbit to provide 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 hydrometeorological service 31 satellites were launched between 1969 and 1981 meteor 1 launches satellite launch date nssdc id scn apogee km perigee km inclination period min note meteor 1 1 26 march 1969 1969 029a 03835 644 713 81 2 97 9 meteor 1 2 6 october 1969 1969 084a 04119 630 690 81 2 97 7 meteor 1 3 17 march 1970 1970 019a 04349 555 643 81 2 96 4 meteor 1 4 28 april 1970 1970 037a 04393 637 736 81 2 98 1 meteor 1 5 23 june 1970 1970 047a 04419 863 906 81 2 102 0 meteor 1 6 15 october 1970 1970 085a 04583 633 674 81 2 97 5 meteor 1 7 20 january 1971 1971 003a 04849 630 767 81 2 97 6 meteor 1 8 17 april 1971 1971 031a 05142 620 646 81 2 97 2 meteor 1 9 16 july 1971 1971 059a 05327 618 650 81 2 97 3 meteor 1 10 29 december 1971 1971 120a 05731 880 905 81 2 102 7 meteor 1 11 30 march 1972 1972 022a 05917 878 903 81 2 102 6 meteor 1 12 30 june 1972 1972 049a 06079 897 929 81 2 103 0 meteor 1 13 27 october 1972 1972 085a 06256 893 904 81 2 102 6 meteor 1 14 20 march 1973 1972 085a 06392 882 903 81 2 102 6 meteor 1 15 29 may 1973 1973 034a 06659 867 909 81 2 102 5 meteor 1 16 5 march 1974 1974 011a 07209 853 906 81 2 102 2 meteor 1 17 24 april 1974 1974 025a 07274 877 907 81 2 102 6 meteor 1 19 28 october 1974 1974 083a 07490 855 917 81 2 102 5 meteor 1 20 17 december 1974 1974 099a 07574 861 910 81 2 102 4 meteor 1 21 1 april 1975 1975 023a 07714 877 906 81 2 102 6 meteor 1 22 18 september 1975 1975 087a 08293 867 918 81 2 102 3 cloud observation end of life 1 dec 1976 derelict satellite as of 3 30 2023 meteor 1 23 25 december 1975 1975 124a 08519 857 913 81 2 102 4 meteor 1 24 7 april 1976 1976 032a 08799 863 906 81 2 102 3 meteor 1 25 14 may 1976 1976 043a 08845 890 833 81 3 102 0 meteorological satellite meteor 1 26 16 october 1976 1976 102a 09481 871 904 81 3 102 5 meteor 1 27 5 april 1977 1977 024a 09903 869 909 81 3 102 5 references 3 4 5 meteor 1 25 also called meteor priroda 2 launched on 15 may 1976 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a vostok 2m 6 it was a meteorological satellite that provided global observations of the earth s weather systems cloud cover ice and snow fields vertical profiles of temperature and moisture and reflected and emitted radiation from the dayside and nightside of the earth atmosphere system for operational use by the soviet hydrometeorological service it carried an east german designed experimental infrared fourier spectrometers for on orbit testing of the new instrument for weather observation the satellite ceased operations on three years later and is now a derelict spacecraft 7 meteor 2 edit the meteor 2 series based on the meteor 1 was the second generation of soviet meteorological satellites they were launched into orbit at first by the vostok 2m launch vehicle until that was replaced by the tsyklon 3 launch vehicle in the early 1980s between 1975 and 1993 21 meteor 2 s were launched they were flown in non sun synchronous polar orbits with altitudes between 850 and 950 km and inclinations of 81 82º they weighed about 1 300 kg and had two solar arrays 8 the instruments consisted of three television type frame technique vis and ir scanners a five channel scanning radiometer and a radiometer rmk 2 for measuring radiation flux densities in the near earth space in addition to its regular payload meteor 2 21 carried a unique fizeau retro reflector array rra for satellite laser ranging applications several of the satellites have begun to break up and create debris 16 broke up in 1998 after a propulsion failure 18 broke up the following year for unknown reasons 4 broke up in march 2004 17 broke up in june 2005 9 meteor 2 2 edit meteor 2 2 launched on 6 january 1977 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a vostok 2 m with 1st generation upper stage 10 it was an earth science satellite that performed cloud observation and ir temperature humidity sounding it ceased operations on 6 july 1978 11 since then the satellite had broken up into several pieces of debris meteor 2 5 edit meteor 2 5 launched on 31 october 1979 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a vostok 2 m with 1st generation upper stage 10 it has undergone several breakup events the first before january 2005 and the last as recently as 2013 or 2014 12 resulting in 83 known pieces of which 60 were still on orbit as of 2019 13 meteor 2 6 edit meteor 2 6 launched on 9 september 1980 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a vostok 2 m with 1st generation upper stage 10 it was an earth science weather satellite that gathered meteorological information and data on penetrating radiation fluxes in circumterrestrial space 14 it has since broken apart into multiple pieces of space debris 15 meteor 2 7 edit meteor 2 7 launched on may 14 1981 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a vostok 2 m with 1st generation upper stage 10 it had a weight of 2 750 kg and contained the usual suite of communication and orbit control equipment powered by large solar arrays 16 its mission was cloud observation and ir temperature humidity sounding using a radiation measurement complex rmk 2 infrared sounding radiometer television camera and infrared instrument 17 it ceased operations on 14 november 1982 in march 2004 it experienced an event or a series of events that caused it to break into 8 pieces the cause of this break up is unknown 18 meteor 2 8 edit meteor 2 8 launched on 25 march 1982 by the ussr out of plesetsk on a tsyklon 3 10 it had a weight of 1 500 kg and it carried scientific and meteorological instruments and service systems 19 its mission was cloud observation and ir temperature humidity sounding using a radiation measurement complex rmk 2 infrared sounding radiometer television camera and infrared instrument 20 it ceased operations on 25 september 1983 on 29 may 1999 it experienced a break up event that caused it to break into 53 pieces the cause of this break up is unknown 21 meteor 2 21 edit meteor 2 21 fizeau is the twenty first and last in the meteor 2 series of russian meteorological satellites 22 ilrs mission support status satellite laser ranging slr tracking support of this satellite was discontinued in october 1998 what makes meteor 2 21 distinctive from the other meteorological satellites is its unique retroreflector array the name fizeau is derived from a french physicist armand fizeau who in 1851 conducted an experiment which tested for the aether convection coefficient slr tracking of this satellite was used for precise orbit determination and the fizeau experiment the fizeau experiment tests the theory of special relativity that distance events that are simultaneous for one observer will not be simultaneous for another observer who is in motion relative to the first observer citation needed retroreflector array rra characteristics the retro reflector array consists of three corner cubes in a linear array with the two outer corner cubes pointing at 45 degree angles relative to the central cube the central cube is made of fused silica and has a two lobe far field diffraction pattern ffdp providing nearly equal intensities for compensated and uncompensated velocity aberration both outer reflectors have aluminum coating on the reflecting surfaces and near diffraction limited ffdps one of the end reflectors is made of fused silica with an index of refraction of 1 46 and should provide partial compensation of the velocity aberration the other end reflector is made of fused glass with an index of refraction of 1 62 and should provide a perfect compensation of the velocity aberration citation needed slr full rate data from moblas 4 moblas 7 and maidanak seem to confirm the presence of the compensating influence of the fizeau effect resur 1 another russian satellite launched in 1994 has 2 corner cubes reflectors with near diffraction limited ffdps which were specifically designed for the continuation of this experiment westpac a future slr satellite will verify indisputably the existence or otherwise of the fizeau effect citation needed instrumentation meteor 2 21 fizeau had the following instrumentation on board citation needed scanning telephotometer scanning infrared radiometers radiation measurement complex retroreflector array meteor priroda edit meteor priroda is a series of experimental satellites launched internal document of russian space agency show that it is originally only used to describe meteor 1 31 at the time but later extend to all experimental satellites 5 it is commonly perceived to only include 6 satellites meteor 1 18 meteor 1 25 meteor 1 28 meteor 1 29 meteor 1 30 and meteor 1 31 4 23 evidence suggest that kosmos 1484 should also be included 5 24 meteor priroda series is considered to be prototypes for the resurs o1 satellites meteor priroda launches this section needs expansion you can help by adding missing information april 2016 satellite launch date nssdc id scn apogee km perigee km inclination period min note use of meteor 1 series platform meteor priroda 1 meteor 1 18 9 july 1974 1974 052a 07363 877 905 81 2 102 6 meteor priroda 2 1 meteor 1 25 15 may 1976 1976 043a 08845 866 900 81 2 102 4 use of meteor 2 series platform meteor priroda 2 2 meteor 1 28 29 june 1977 1977 057a 10113 602 685 98 0 97 5 meteor priroda 2 3 meteor 1 29 25 january 1979 1979 005a 11251 628 657 97 9 97 4 meteor priroda 3 1 meteor 1 30 18 june 1980 1980 051a 11848 589 678 97 9 97 3 meteor priroda 2 4 meteor 1 31 10 july 1981 1981 065a 12585 611 688 97 9 97 6 meteor priroda 3 2 kosmos 1484 24 july 1983 1983 075a 14207 595 673 98 0 97 3 references 25 4 5 meteor 3 edit launch of meteor 3 on a tsyklon 3 rocket the meteor 3 series was launched 7 times between 1984 and 1994 after a difficult and protracted development program that began in 1972 all the satellites were launched on tsyklon 3 rockets 26 these satellites provide weather information including data on clouds ice and snow cover atmospheric radiation and humidity citation needed the meteor 3 class of satellites orbit in a higher altitude than the meteor 2 class of satellites thus providing more complete coverage of the earth s surface the meteor 3 has the same payload as the meteor 2 but also includes an advanced scanning radiometer with better spectral and spatial resolution and a spectrometer for determining total ozone content meteorological data is transmitted to four primary sites in the former soviet union in conjunction with about 80 other smaller sites citation needed meteor 3 launches satellite s n launch date nssdc id scn apogee km perigee km inclination period min note kosmos 1612 1 27 november 1984 1984 120a 15406 130 2 1230 8 82 61 98 15 launch failure stage 3 failed to reignite meteor 3 1 2 24 october 1985 1985 100a 16191 1236 0 1264 0 82 53 110 32 meteor 3 2 3 26 july 1988 1988 064a 19336 1198 2 1221 9 82 55 109 42 meteor 3 3 4 25 october 1989 1989 086a 20305 1191 0 1228 0 82 57 109 49 meteor 3 4 6 24 april 1991 1991 030a 21232 1190 0 1229 0 82 55 109 50 meteor 3 5 5 15 august 1991 1991 056a 21655 1199 7 1220 1 82 57 109 40 meteor 3 6 7 25 january 1994 1994 003a 22969 1191 1228 82 109 40 references 27 28 26 meteor 3 5 edit meteor 3 5 launched in 1991 is in a slightly higher orbit than meteor 2 21 and operated until 1994 it transmitted on 137 300 mhz mechanically it is similar to meteor 2 21 which satellite was in operation depended on the sun angles and consequently the seasons meteor 3 5 was usually the northern hemisphere summer satellite while 2 21 was in operation for approximately the half year centered on winter the satellite carried the second total ozone mapping spectrometer toms aloft as the first and the last american built instrument to fly on a soviet spacecraft launched from the plesetsk russia facility near the white sea on 15 august 1991 meteor 3 toms had a unique orbit that p...