MERIDIAN

NORAD 38995 · COSPAR 2012-063A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #6206 @ 2978 x 37379 km x 65.3138 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-05-05 13:44 UTC Â· 48017.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

MERIDIAN 6
1 38995U 12063A 21125.57224641 .00000158 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
2 38995 65.3138 202.2867 6476916 256.1017 250.0396 2.00605864 62060

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

November 14th 2012

Spacecraft age

13 years, 11 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

ISS Reshetnev

Launch mass

2,500 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

65.3138Â°

Period

717.83 min

Perigee

2978 km

Apogee

37379 km

Eccentricity

0.6476916

RAAN

202.2867Â°

Arg of Perigee

256.1017Â°

Mean Motion

2.00605864 rev/d