MERIDIAN 6

38995
Spacetrack Directory Number
2012-11-14
Orbit launches


Satellite information MERIDIAN 6

Spacetrack Directory Name MERIDIAN 6
Orbit launches 2012-11-14
Country/organisation of origin Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Starting point PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia)
Categories
Perigee 3023 km/h
Apogee 37339 km

Additional information MERIDIAN 6

Meridian 6 (Russian: ????????-6), also known as Meridian No.16L, is a Russian military communications satellite, one of the Meridian series. It is designed to carry military communications traffic and is a replacement for the Molniya satellites. In common with the earlier satellites these craft are in molniya orbits, a highly elliptical orbit named after the earlier satellites and giving good coverage of northern Russia.

satellite MERIDIAN 6 Date of exalting 14.11.2012y.


Update time: 2023-04-18 17:53:05
MERIDIAN 6 a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 2012-11-14