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Rosgidromet NITs PlanetaManufacturer
Rosgidromet NITs PlanetaMeteor-M No. 2-4 Mission
2/29/2024
As of March 2, 2024 the press kit lists first upper stage main engine ignition at T+10 minutes 24 seconds, second upper stage main engine ignition at T+57 minutes 44 seconds, and Meteor-M No. 2-4 separation at T+59 minutes 46 seconds.
On February 29, 2024 the launch included the Meteor-M No. 2-4 satellite, Zorkiy-2M No. 2, Marafon-D GVM, sixteen SITRO-AIS cubesats for Sputnix, and Iran's Pars-1 imaging satellite.
On February 29, 2024 at 05:43 UTC a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat launched the Meteor-M No. 2-4 weather satellite from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
As of January 15, 2024, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage carrying Meteor-M No. 2-4 and associated payloads from the Vostochny Cosmodrome was scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.
As of March 2, 2024 the Meteor-M No. 2-4 press kit listed the Meteor-M No. 2-4 satellite mass as 3.2 t, an active period of 5 years, and an average working orbit height of 820 km.
As of January 15, 2024, the refueling and neutralization station of the Vostochny Cosmodrome started refueling the Fregat upper stage for the launch of the Meteor-M No. 2-4 satellite.