MERIDIAN 9
Launch
Launched on Feb 20, 2020 from 43/3 (43L), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.19L →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:10 UTC
Orbit class
HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Feb 20, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
38,330 km
Perigee
2,038 km
Inclination
65.53°
Period
11.96 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for MERIDIAN 9 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
2038 × 38330 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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