MERIDIAN 9

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NORAD ID: 45254

Int'l Code: 2020-015A

Perigee: 1,709.3 km

Apogee: 38,660.8 km

Inclination: 64.6 °

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   24138.78218683 -.00000023  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 45254  64.5720  43.9433 6957256 288.9345  11.6283  2.00612491 31034

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC