MERIDIAN 4

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MERIDIAN 4 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 37398

Int'l Code: 2011-018A

Perigee: 956.9 km

Apogee: 39,402.6 km

Inclination: 62.2 °

Period: 717.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 26550 km

RCS: 19.9526 m² (large)

Launch date: May 4, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

MERIDIAN 4 is a Russian communications satellite deployed in a high-altitude orbit stretching nearly 25,000 miles (40,000 km) above Earth to link ships, aircraft and other military forces over the Arctic.

1 37398U 11018A   24289.73921934  .00000771  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 37398  62.1652 168.4784 7240040 258.9429  19.2950  2.00672376 98543

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC