Meteor-1 1

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• The Launch of Meteor 1-1 on March 26, 1969 aboard a Vostok Rocket marked a milestone in Soviet Space Flight as the Satellite became its first fully operational weather satellite equipped with multiple instruments. Meteor Satellites were used to measure temperature of the atmosphere and oceans, humidity and clouds as well as ice/snow coverage. Meteor 1 was the start of a large constellation consisting of Meteor satellites including improved Meteor 2 and 3 (and later the evolved Meteor M) spacecraft.