MERIDIAN 6
Satellite information MERIDIAN 6
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MERIDIAN 6 |
| Follow MERIDIAN 6 | MERIDIAN 6 Tracker |
| Pass predictions MERIDIAN 6 | Pass predictions MERIDIAN 6 |
| Orbit launches |
2012-11-14 (13 years ago)
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| Days in orbit | 5034 |
| 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 |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 63.82° |
| Laps per day | 2 |
| Orbit | Elliptical (Molniya) |
| Height MERIDIAN 6 | 27327.7 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. Average height of ISS MERIDIAN 6 hundred 27327.7 km. Average velocity MERIDIAN 6 is 11865.5 km/h. Inclination MERIDIAN 6 satellite 63.84°.TLE
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