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MERIDIAN 8
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Orbital data
Catalog facts
- Name
- MERIDIAN 8
- NORAD ID
- 44453
- Category
- Active satellites
- TLE epoch
- Aug 17, 2026, 12:49 UTC
- Object ID
- 2019-046A
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner
- Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
- Launch date
- 2019-07-30
- Operational status
- Partially Operational Partially fulfilling primary mission or secondary mission(s)
- Orbit type
- Orbit
- Orbit center
- Earth
Orbital parameters
Orbit profile
Inclination63.186°
Eccentricity0.709
Mean motion2.006 rev/day
Orbital period717.8 min
Perigee1349.7 km
Apogee39008.2 km
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