Meteor 208

 1982-025A

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The eighth Meteor-2, launched in Mar 1982, saw the first use of the 11K68 Tsiklon-3 launch vehicle for a live Meteor satellite. Meteor-2 (F8) entered a 950 km high orbit, slightly higher than the Vostok-launched Meteors.

Meteor-2 (F8)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Mar 25	0950	Launch by Tsiklon-3	PL
	0952	T+2:00 Stage 1 MECO
	0954	T+4:37 Stage 2 off, sep
	0955	T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	0957	T+7:03 S5M cutoff 1	150? x 964 x 82.5
	1038?	T+48m? S5M burn 2, 15s?
	1039?	T+49m? S5M cutoff 2
	1039?	T+49m? S5M sep from Meteor-3
			104.1 942 x 964 x 82.54
1988 May		End of ops

Payload:

• APT scanning radiometer

• Global scanning radiometer

• Scanning IR radiometer

• Scanning IR spectrometer