Meteor-3M

 2001-056A

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Meteor-3M 17F45 No. 101 Originally planned for 1998, funding problems delayed it to 2001.

Mass is 2476 kg. Control from TsUP-M, Korolev.

It carried Badr B, Maroc-Tubsat, Kompass and Reflektor The SAGE 3 instrument studies aerosols and the ozone layer.

Launch was southbound from Baykonur; after stage 2 main engine cutoff, low thrust engines continued firing to insert the vehicle into orbit by around 17 min after launch (representing about an equivalent 250 m/s apogee burn).

Meteor-3M
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Dec 10	1718:57	Launch by Zenit-2 No. 19K	KB PL45
	1721:20	T+2:23 Stage 1 MECO
	1721:22	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	1721	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	1721:37	T+2:40 GO sep
	1725:39	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO	180? x 996? x 99.7
	1736:29	T+17:31 Stage 2 VECO
	1736:29	Meteor-3M sep
	1736:31	Satellites separate
	2202		105.25 996 x 1015 x 99.7

Payload:

• VIK-M1 Vis/IR imager with MSU-E visible and MSU-SM red channels, 30m

• BKNA Comprises MTVSZ, MIVZA, KGI-4S, MSGI-5EI?

• MR-700M Meteo instrument package, with MR-2000M1 TV camera and Klimat

• KGI-4S Particles: electron and proton spectra

• MSGI-5EI Electron and proton fluxes

• MTVZA Microwave sounder 18-36 GHz, 2600 km swath 30m res

• MIVZA Microwave sounder 42-94 GHz, 1700 km swath 12m res

• Cloud top heights

• Sea surface temperature measurements

• Temperature and humidity profiles

• SAGE 3 Stratospheric aerosol and gas profiles