Meteor-M No.2-4 & others

Launched Russia's Meteor-M No.2-4 weather satellite to sun-synchronous orbit from Vostochny Cosmodrome, along with 18 rideshare smallsats, for meteorological and environmental monitoring.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

3.5 T

Flight

28th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

29 February 2024, 05:43 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-039

Launches in 2024

39th of 263

See it in orbit

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