Launch SuccessfulRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Zenit-2: Meteor-3M No. 1

Name: Zenit-2: Meteor-3M No. 1
Start: 2001-12-10T17:18:57Z
End: 2001-12-10T17:18:57Z
Location: 45/1

Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.

Monday, 10 December 2001

Mission Data

🇷🇺Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Est. 1992

Launch VehicleZenit-2

Vehicle FamilyZenith

Vehicle Record29 of 35 launches (82.9%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record333 successes / 11 failures (97%)

Success Streak68 consecutive

Mission TypeEarth Science

Target OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch Pad45/1

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#57

Agency Launches This Year#9

Launches From This Pad47

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

45/1 · 45.9435°N 63.6530°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.