Meteor-3M No.1
| Mission type | Weather |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos/Roshydromet |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-056A |
| SATCAT no. | 27001 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 3 years In Orbit: 23 years, 6 months and 6 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | VNIIEM |
| Launch mass | 2,500 kilograms (5,500 lb) |
| Payload mass | 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) |
| Power | 800 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10 December 2001, 17:18:57 UTC |
| Rocket | Zenit-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 45/1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Deactivated | March 2006 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | SSO |
| Eccentricity | 0.00135 |
| Perigee altitude | 1,016 kilometres (631 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 996 kilometres (619 mi) |
| Inclination | 99.64 degrees |
| Period | 105.3 minutes |
Meteor-3M No.1 was the first and only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbiting weather satellites. It was launched on 10 December 2001 at 17:18:57 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite is in a Sun-synchronous orbit with an ascending node time of about 9 AM.