MERIDIAN

NORAD 37398 · COSPAR 2011-018A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #7973 @ 803 x 39564 km x 62.8051 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2022-03-23 02:53 UTC Â· 40326.6 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

MERIDIAN 4
1 37398U 11018A 22082.12047462 .00000532 00000+0 10567-2 0 9991
2 37398 62.8051 299.2940 7296455 253.5064 350.4628 2.00547539 79731

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 4th 2011

Spacecraft age

15 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Military Space Forces (VKS)

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

Elliptical Â· Molniya

Launch site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Soyuz-2.1a

Contractor

PO Polyot

Launch mass

2,500 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

62.8051Â°

Period

718.03 min

Perigee

803 km

Apogee

39564 km

Eccentricity

0.7296455

RAAN

299.294Â°

Arg of Perigee

253.5064Â°

Mean Motion

2.00547539 rev/d