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Satellite details
Acronym Meteor-M N2-3
Full name Meteor-M Number 2-3
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 5th flight unit of the Meteor-M series. 6th of the Meteor-3M programme.
  • Main mission: operational meteorology.
  • Substantial contribution to land observation and space weather.
  • Calibration landing page here
Mass at launch 2900 kg Dry mass 2750 kg
Power 2000 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Real-time availability of MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY and SSPD by HRPT.
  • Real-time availability of selected images and other data by LRPT.
  • Real-time availability of DCP messages by on-board data relay.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 820 km
ECT 09:00 asc

 

Space agency RosHydroMet , Roscosmos
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
  • Due to failure of X-band radio link the transmission of global  data and SAR data is not carried out.
Launch 27 Jun 2023 EOL ≥2028
Last update: 2024-09-30
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Meteor-M N2-3

Acronym Full name
IKFS-2 Infrared Fourier Spectrometer - 2
KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
MTVZA-GY Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer - improved
GGAK-M/RIMS-M Radio-frequency mass spectrometer - M
GGAK-E/SKIF-6 GGAK-E / Corpuscular radiation spectrometer
GGAK-E/GALS-E GGAK-E / Detector of galactic cosmic rays
MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Frequencies for satellite management
Service Direction Frequency (MHz) Emission designator Bandwidth (kHz) Polarisation D/A Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz) Comments
TC & Ranging E-S 5747.124 MHz 8M19G2D 10010 kHz LHCP D 0.1/1.0  kbps Telemetry, command & ranging
Telemetry S-E 3405.235 MHz 8M19G2D 9290 kHz RHCP D 0.1/32.0  kbps Telemetry
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
MTVZA-GY passive 10.6 GHz 100 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 18.7 GHz 200 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 23.8 GHz 400 MHz H&V Water vapour channel
MTVZA-GY passive 31.5 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 36.7 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 42 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 48 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 52.8 GHz - 57.713 GHz 0 MHz H or V Oxygen band, 10 channels
MTVZA-GY passive 91.655 GHz 2500 MHz H&V Window channel
MTVZA-GY passive 175.56 GHz - 191.06 GHz 0 MHz V Water vapour band, 3 channels
Severjanin-M active 9.618 GHz - 9.628 GHz 1 MHz - X-band SAR
Frequencies for scientific data acquisition and communication services at ground stations
Service Direction Frequency (MHz) Bandwidth (kHz) Polarisation D/A Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz) Comments
DA S-E 8128 MHz 30700 kHz LHCP D 15360  kbps Stored data
DA S-E 8320 MHz 30700 kHz LHCP D 15360  kbps Stored data
DA S-E 8128 MHz 123000 kHz LHCP D 61440  kbps Stored data
DA S-E 8320 MHz 123000 kHz LHCP D 61440  kbps Stored data
AHRPT S-E 1700 MHz 3000 kHz RHCP D 3000  kbps High resolution data + DCP reports
AHRPT S-E 1705 MHz 3000 kHz RHCP D 3000  kbps High resolution data + DCP reports
LRPT S-E 137.1 MHz 150 kHz RHCP D 80  kbps Selected data
LRPT S-E 137.9 MHz 150 kHz RHCP D 80  kbps Selected data
LRPT S-E 137.9125 MHz 150 kHz RHCP D 80  kbps Selected data
DCS E-S 401.9 MHz - 402.5 MHz 5 kHz RHCP D 1.2  kbps Regional and International DCP reports
DCS E-S 401.9 MHz - 402 MHz 5 kHz RHCP D 0.4  kbps Regional DCP reports