Norad Identifikationsnummer: 38995
| Name im Katalog Spacetrack | MERIDIAN 6 |
| In die Umlaufbahn bringen |
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| Deorbitation |
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| Herkunftsland/-organisation | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Wir analysieren den polnischen Text, der 'Miejsce startu' lautet. | PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia) |
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| Perygeum | 3023 km |
| Apogäum | 37339 km |
Meridian 6 (Russian: ????????-6), also known as Meridian No.16L, is a Russian military communications satellite, one of the Meridian series. It is designed to carry military communications traffic and is a replacement for the Molniya satellites. In common with the earlier satellites these craft are in molniya orbits, a highly elliptical orbit named after the earlier satellites and giving good coverage of northern Russia.
der Satellit MERIDIAN 6 hinausgetragen 14.11.2012r.