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Meridian 3

Success Russian Space Forces, Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

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to orbit0 km1,150 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Rocket and boosterSoyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
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Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

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What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
MERIDIAN 3 2010-058A Payload 1831 × 38525 km · 63.5° Globe
SL-26 R/B 2010-058B Rocket body 1369 × 38934 km · 63.8° Globe

COSPAR ID 2010-058. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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