Meteor-2 5

Success Soviet Union, Vostok 8A92M

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Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterVostok 8A92M
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Vostok 8A92M

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MissionEarth Science · LEO

Earth Science · LEO

What it put in orbit92 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
METEOR 2-5 1979-095A Payload 857 × 879 km · 81.2° Globe
SL-3 R/B 1979-095B Rocket body 832 × 910 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095C Debris re-entered 2025-06-03
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095D Debris re-entered 2026-08-18
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095E Debris 633 × 657 km · 81.1° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095F Debris re-entered 2024-06-17
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095G Debris re-entered 2023-09-29
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095H Debris re-entered 2023-08-02
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METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095J Debris 727 × 740 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095K Debris 713 × 736 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095L Debris re-entered 2015-05-19
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095M Debris re-entered 2014-01-18
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095N Debris re-entered 2021-11-06
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095P Debris re-entered 2024-10-12
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095Q Debris re-entered 2025-03-26
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095R Debris 719 × 735 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095S Debris 721 × 726 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095T Debris 620 × 631 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095U Debris re-entered 2024-07-12
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095V Debris re-entered 2025-10-11
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095W Debris 722 × 745 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095X Debris 727 × 746 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095Y Debris re-entered 2025-01-11
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095Z Debris 632 × 642 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AA Debris re-entered 2014-11-02
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AB Debris re-entered 2018-08-05
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AC Debris re-entered 2015-11-07
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AD Debris re-entered 2015-05-03
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AE Debris re-entered 2013-07-14
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AF Debris re-entered 2015-10-05
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AG Debris re-entered 2022-05-17
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AH Debris re-entered 2014-09-16
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AJ Debris re-entered 2014-10-22
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AK Debris re-entered 2024-11-08
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AL Debris re-entered 2012-05-20
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AM Debris re-entered 2015-01-09
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AN Debris re-entered 2016-04-09
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AP Debris re-entered 2021-05-25
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AQ Debris re-entered 2021-10-08
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AR Debris re-entered 2013-05-23
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AS Debris re-entered 2024-09-09
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AT Debris re-entered 2023-01-18
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AU Debris re-entered 2022-11-11
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AV Debris re-entered 2015-05-03
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AW Debris re-entered 2015-05-26
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AX Debris re-entered 2023-04-27
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AY Debris re-entered 2016-07-05
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095AZ Debris re-entered 2017-03-14
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BA Debris re-entered 2015-01-07
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BB Debris re-entered 2015-09-19
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BC Debris 743 × 765 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BD Debris re-entered 2015-08-08
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BE Debris re-entered 2023-12-24
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BF Debris re-entered 2022-05-03
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BG Debris re-entered 2019-02-09
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BH Debris re-entered 2023-06-03
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BJ Debris re-entered 2014-03-27
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BK Debris re-entered 2022-09-22
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BL Debris re-entered 2015-04-12
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BM Debris re-entered 2016-02-20
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BN Debris re-entered 2022-12-21
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BP Debris re-entered 2023-06-16
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BQ Debris 698 × 708 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BR Debris 750 × 782 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BS Debris 732 × 765 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BT Debris 735 × 750 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BU Debris 717 × 736 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BV Debris 513 × 540 km · 81.1° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BW Debris 735 × 764 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BX Debris 717 × 732 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BY Debris 760 × 767 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095BZ Debris re-entered 2025-03-22
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CA Debris 726 × 737 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CB Debris 742 × 760 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CC Debris 770 × 797 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CD Debris re-entered 2026-07-08
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CE Debris 769 × 782 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CF Debris re-entered 2022-12-28
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CG Debris 698 × 722 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CH Debris 727 × 732 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CJ Debris 815 × 840 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CK Debris 739 × 755 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CL Debris 798 × 811 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CM Debris 766 × 786 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CN Debris 754 × 770 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CP Debris 758 × 768 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CQ Debris 736 × 745 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CR Debris 735 × 745 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CS Debris 800 × 820 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CT Debris 803 × 819 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CU Debris 784 × 806 km · 81.2° Globe
METEOR 2-5 DEB 1979-095CV Debris 752 × 761 km · 81.2° Globe

COSPAR ID 1979-095. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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