Official name METEOR PRIRODA
Alternative name Meteor 1-31
Cospar ID 1981-065A
Norad ID 12585
Launch date 1981-07-10
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Vostok-2M
Country/Organization USSR
Type application Meteorology, earth observation
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 91.93
Inclination (deg) 97.49
Perigee (km) 366
Apogee (km) 372
Eccentricity 0.00813008130081301
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.6640922440988
Semi-Major axis (km) 6747.135
Raan (deg) 196.085
Arg of perigee (deg) 236.1295
Shape Cyl + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 1500
Diameter (m) 1.4
Height (m) 4.5
Span (m^2) 4.5
Contractors VNIIEM
Configuration SP-1 bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Meteor-Priroda

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
METEOR 1-18 1974-052A 1974-07-09 PKMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-25 1976-043A 1976-05-15 PKMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-28 1977-057A 1977-06-29 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-29 1979-005A 1979-01-25 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-30 1980-051A 1980-06-18 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR PRIRODA 1981-065A 1981-07-10 TTMTR Vostok-2M with Iskra 1