Meteor-3M
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Mission Photos:
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Mission Objectives:
Meteor-3M includes the SAGE III (Strategic Aerosol and Gas Experiment) payload and other instruments designed to measure temperature and humidity profiles, clouds, surface properties, and high energy particles in the upper atmosphere. SAGE III is a gyrating spectrometer that measures ultraviolet/visible energy that will be used to enhance our understanding of natural and human-derived atmospheric processes by providing accurate long-term measurements of the vertical structure of aerosols, ozone, water vapor, and other important trace gases in the upper troposphere and stratosphere.
A secondary mission objective is the flight testing of the novel-type spherical retroreflector for precise laser ranging.
Mission Instrumentation:
Meteor-3M has the following instrumentation onboard:
- SAGE III
- Spherical retroreflector
- Other weather monitoring instruments
Mission Parameters:
| Sponsor: | NASA and RASA (Russian Aviation and Space Agency) |
| Expected Life: | 3 years |
| Primary Applications: | Weather sensing |
| Primary SLR Applications: | precision orbit determination |
| COSPAR ID: | 0105601 |
| SIC Code: | 5555 |
| Satellite Catalog (NORAD) Number: | 27201 |
| Launch Date: | December 10, 2001 |
| RRA Diameter: | 60 mm |
| RRA Shape: | ball |
| Reflectors: | 1 (glass ball) |
| Orbit: | Sun synchronous (near polar) |
| Inclination: | 99.64 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0024 |
| Perigee: | 1,012km |
| Period: | 105 minutes |
| Mass: | 2,477 kg (5,500 lbs) |
Additional Information:
Web sites:
Publications:
- Shargorodsky, V., Vasiliev, V., Soyuzova, N., Burmistrov, V., Gashkin, I., Belov, M., Khorosheva, T., and Nikolaev, E., "Experimental Spherical Retroreflector on Board of Meteor-3M Satellite", Presentation to 12th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Matera, Italy, November 13-17, 2000.
