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MERIDIAN 2

NORAD 35008 · Payload · Reentered 2021-04-23

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Launched
2009-05-21 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
2,000 kg
Size
4 × 2 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
69 × 317 km
Inclination
62.9°
Period
88.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0189
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.