RFSA Zenit-2 Meteor-3M No. 1

Name: RFSA Zenit-2 Meteor-3M No. 1
Start: 2001-12-10T17:18:57.000Z
Location: 45/1

Zenit-2

Status

Success

Date

10 DEC 2001

17:18

Launch Provider

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Pad

45/1

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.

Rocket

Zenit-2

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

Height

57 m

Diameter

3.9 m

Launch Mass

459 T

Thrust

7,300 kN