MERIDIAN 9

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NORAD ID: 45254

Int'l Code: 2020-015A

Perigee: 1,700.4 km

Apogee: 38,670.8 km

Inclination: 64.9 °

Period: 717.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 26556 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 20, 2020
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

MERIDIAN 9 is a Meridian spacecraft manufactured by ISS Reshetnev, a Russian space contractor, as replacements for a previous generation of Molniya communications satellites. The Meridian satellites weigh around 2.1 metric tons, or 4,630 pounds, and can operate for at least seven years in space.

1 45254U 20015A   24289.32951440  .00000118  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 45254  64.8767  26.6319 6960680 287.1496  12.1489  2.00605867 34050

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC