Meteor-M No.1 was the first of the Russian
Meteor-M
The Meteor spacecraft are weather observation satellites launched by the Soviet Union and Russia. The Meteor satellite series was initially developed during the 1960s. series of polar-orbiting
weather satellites. It was launched on a
Soyuz-2.1b
Soyuz-2 (GRAU index 14A14) is a modernized version of the Soviet Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage launch vehicle for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. Compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz, the first-stage bo ...
rocket with a
Fregat upper stage on 17 September 2009. Meteor-M No.1 was the designated replacement for
Meteor-3M No.1, 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.
Since its termination, the satellite has been heard on radio by amateur radio operators, even transmitting pictures of the Earth.
See also
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Meteor
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Spacecraft launched in 2009
Weather satellites of Russia
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-2 rockets