Meteor-M No.2 (also known as Meteor M2) was the second Russian
Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite.
It was launched on a
Soyuz-2.1b
Soyuz-2 (GRAU index 14A14) is a modernized version of the Soviet Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage launch vehicle for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. Compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz, the first-stage bo ...
rocket with a
Fregat
Fregat (russian: Фрегат, ''frigate'') is an upper stage developed by NPO Lavochkin in the 1990s, which is used in some Soyuz and Zenit launch vehicles, but is universal and can be used as a part of a medium and heavy class launch vehicles ...
upper stage on 8 July 2014. It was designed to operate for 5 years.
See also
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Meteor
A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.
Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as micr ...
References
Spacecraft launched in 2014
Weather satellites of Russia
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-2 rockets
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