Meteor program

USSR

Soviet meteorology satellite program.
Mission: meteorological observation: clouds, ice cover and atmospheric radiation; high speed natural phenomena: cyclone, tidal action, dust storms, etc.

Meteor test launches:

Satellite Date LS Launcher Remarks
Cosmos 44 (Meteor-1 GVM #1) 28.08.1964 B Vostok-2  
Cosmos 58 (Meteor-1 GVM #2) 26.02.1965 B Vostok-2  
Cosmos 100 (Meteor-1 #1) 17.12.1965 B Vostok-2  
Cosmos 118 (Meteor-1 #2) 11.05.1966 B Vostok-2  
Cosmos 122 (Meteor-1 #3) 25.06.1966 B Vostok-2  
Cosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #4) 28.02.1967 Pl Vostok-2M  
Cosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #5) 27.04.1967 Pl Vostok-2M  
Cosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #6) 24.10.1967 Pl Vostok-2M  
Cosmos 206 (Meteor-1 #7) 14.03.1968 Pl Vostok-2M  
Cosmos 226 (Meteor-1 #8) 12.06.1968 Pl Vostok-2M  

Meteor-1 series:

32 satellites launched, 1 launch failure

Satellite Date LS Launcher Remarks:
Cosmos 69F03 (Meteor-1) 01.02.1969 Pl Vostok-2M  Failure
Meteor-1 1 26.03.1969 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 2 06.10.1969 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 3 17.03.1970 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 4 28.04.1970 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 5 23.06.1970 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 6 15.10.1970 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 7 20.01.1971 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 8 17.04.1971 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 9 16.07.1971 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 10 29.12.1971 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 11 30.03.1972 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 12 30.06.1972 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 13 26.10.1972 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 14 20.03.1973 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 15 29.05.1973 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 16 05.03.1974 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 17 24.04.1974 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 18 09.07.1974 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 19 28.10.1974 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 20 17.12.1974 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 21 01.04.1975 Pl Vostok-2M
Meteor-1 22 19.08.1975 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 23 25.12.1975 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 24 07.04.1976 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 25 15.05.1976 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 26 15.10.1976 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 27 05.04.1977 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 28 29.06.1977 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 29 25.01.1979 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 30 18.06.1980 Pl Vostok-2M  
Meteor-1 31 10.07.1981 Pl Vostok-2M  

Meteor-2 series:

21 satellites launched

Meteor-2


Satellite Date LS   Launcher Remarks:
Meteor-2 1 11.07.1975 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 2 07.01.1977 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 3 14.12.1977 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 4 01.03.1979 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 5 31.10.1979 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 6 09.09.1980 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 7 14.05.1981 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 8 25.03.1982 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 9 14.12.1982 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 10 28.10.1983 Pl   Vostok-2M  
Meteor-2 11 05.07.1984 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 12 06.02.1985 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 13 26.12.1985 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 14 27.05.1986 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 15 05.01.1987 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 16 18.08.1987 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 17 30.01.1988 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 18 28.02.1989 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 19 27.06.1990 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 20 28.09.1990 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-2 21 31.08.1993 Pl   Tsiklon-3 with Temisat

Meteor-3 series:

Meteor-3: 7 launched between 1984 and 1994

Meteor-3


Satellite Date LS   Launcher Remarks:
Cosmos 1612 (Meteor-3 (1a)) 27.11.1984 Pl P Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 1 24.10.1985 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 2 26.07.1988 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 3 24.10.1989 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 4 24.04.1991 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 5 15.08.1991 Pl   Tsiklon-3  
Meteor-3 6 25.01.1994 Pl   Tsiklon-3 with Tubsat B


Meteor-3M: 2477 kg, 1020 km x 98.0°,sun-synchronous


Satellite Date LS   Launcher Remarks:
Meteor-3M 1 10.12.2001 B LC-45/1   Zenit-2 with Kompass, Badr B, Maroc-Tubsat, Reflector

Ref: #5a(1/2004), #14, #15 - update: 11.06.05