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MERIDIAN 7, 40296

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MERIDIAN 7, 40296 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO (CIS) in HEO that was launched on Thu, 30 Oct 2014 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

40296, 2014-069A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

Resehetnev ISS

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

MERIDIAN, Unknown motor

Mass

~2,000 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-10-30 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1A

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

14.304 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 20 hours ago

0 MERIDIAN 7
1 40296U 14069A   25128.40949703  .00000100  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40296  63.4896 257.3318 6845048 272.6104  17.2109  2.00606579 77116

Epoch: 2025-05-08T09:49Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T09:49:40.543Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

-116.6291°

Altitude

7,308.207 km

Speed

6.576 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 09m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

55.47232°

Longitude

16.8933°

Altitude

33,023.136 km

Speed

2.287 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 00m 05s

Apparent Declination

46° 10' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:46:01

Azimuth

357.56° N

Elevation

-3.854°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

38,355.084 km

Perigee altitude

2,000.062 km

Semi-major axis

26,555.71 km

Eccentricity

0.6845048

Inclination

63.4896°

RAAN

257.3318°

Arg. of periapsis

272.6104°

True anomaly

87.3333°

Mean anomaly

17.2109°

Eccentric anomaly

44.8896°

Mean motion

0.50154 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

717.79 mins

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MERIDIAN 7 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
658 mins	2025-05-09 09:40:19.232Z	198.282° SSW	2025-05-09 19:13:19.232Z	105.272° ESE	44.986°	2025-05-09 20:38:19.232Z	167.571° S

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