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