Meteor-2-GVM

The Meteor-2-GVM satellite was a mass model of the Meteor-2 meteorological satellites, which were launched as payload substitutes on a Tsiklon-3 evaluation launch.

Nation: USSR
Type / Application: Dummy satellite
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Mass: 1300 kg
Orbit: 1685 km × 1706 km, 82.54
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Kosmos 1045 (Meteor-2-GVM #1) 1978-100A 26.10.1978 Pl LC-32/2 Tsiklon-3 with RS 1, RS 2

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  • Pl =   Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), Russia   Russia

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