MERIDIAN 8
Launch
Launched on Jul 30, 2019 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.18 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-22 07:59 UTC
Orbit class
HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jul 30, 2019
Mass
—
Apogee
39,056 km
Perigee
1,310 km
Inclination
63.25°
Period
11.96 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for MERIDIAN 8 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.9 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
1310 × 39056 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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