Setting a domestic space record, Russia successfully launched a series of 43 satellites in a single attempt | Meteor | Record
On June 27th local time, the Russian National Space Group announced that its team successfully launched one Meteor M series hydrological and meteorological satellite and 42 small satellites belonging to Russia and other countries using a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket. The number of Russian satellites successfully launched by a single rocket has set a record in the country's aerospace history.
It is reported that the carrier rocket responsible for this launch mission took off from the Eastern Space Launch Site located in Amur Oblast, Far East Russia. After several hours of flight, all the aforementioned satellites were respectively sent into their designated orbits.
The Russian National Space Group introduced that the newly launched Meteor M series hydrological and meteorological satellite, numbered 2-3, has a mass of 3250 kilograms and a near polar orbit altitude of 832 kilometers. It will be used to observe the solar geophysical conditions of Earth's climate, environment, natural resources, and near Earth space. At present, there are two Russian Meteor M series hydrological and meteorological satellites in orbit, numbered "1" and "2-2" respectively. The Russian side plans to launch the "Meteor M" series of hydrological and meteorological satellites numbered "2-4" before the end of this year.
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The Russian side also reported that out of the 42 small satellites launched into orbit with the aforementioned "2-3" hydrological and meteorological satellites, 39 belong to Russia, while the remaining 3 belong to Belarus, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates. The number of Russian satellites successfully launched by a single rocket has set a record in the country's aerospace history. The Russian small satellites will respectively carry out Earth remote sensing, observing solar activity, monitoring cosmic radiation, and other scientific research and technological experiments. The Russian side did not provide any information on the use of the three small satellites from other countries.