MERIDIAN

NORAD 40296 · COSPAR 2014-069A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #8824 @ 2655 x 37702 km x 63.4456 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-14 05:33 UTC Â· 25.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

Trend: —

Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

// click to check

Current TLE

// onowactive

MERIDIAN 7
1 40296U 14069A 26318.23151831 .00000229 00000-0 00000-0 0 09998
2 40296 63.4456 200.8246 6598634 269.5032 20.6097 2.00604485088246

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

October 30th 2014

Spacecraft age

12 years

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

63.4456Â°

Period

717.83 min

Perigee

2655 km

Apogee

37702 km

Eccentricity

0.6598634

RAAN

200.8246Â°

Arg of Perigee

269.5032Â°

Mean Motion

2.00604485 rev/d