Objectives and Applications
Hydrometeorology, climatology, land surface, physical oceanography, heliogeophysics and space environment, data collection, sounding of the atmosphere, agriculture.
Full Name
Meteor-3M
aka Meteor-3M N1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
10 Dec 2001
Mission Links
EOL Date
06 Mar 2006
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
105.3 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
99.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
1024 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
BRK - On board retransmission complex |
DCS - Data Collection System |
| IKFS-2 - IR-Fourier spectrometer |
| KGI-4C - Module for Geophysical Measurements |
| Klimat - Scanning IR radiometer |
| KMSS - Multispectral Imager (VIS) system |
| MIVZA - Microwave scanning radiometer |
| MR-2000M1 - Scanning visible radiometer |
| MSGI-5EI - Multichannel System for Geoactive Emission Measurements |
| MSTE-5E - Multichannel system of geoactive measurements |
| MSU-E - Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
| MSU-MR - Low-resolution multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
| MSU-SM - Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System |
| MTVZA-GY - Scanning microwave imager-sounder |
| SAGE III - Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III |
| SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar X band |
| SFM-2 - UV limb spectrometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | MSU-MR, SAGE III |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | IKFS-2, MIVZA, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III |
| Atmospheric Winds | SAR |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | IKFS-2, Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | IKFS-2, MR-2000M1, MTVZA-GY |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MIVZA, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY |
| Ozone | IKFS-2, SAGE III, SFM-2 |
| Radiation budget | MSU-MR |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | IKFS-2, SAGE III |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | IKFS-2, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | KMSS, MSU-E, MSU-MR, MSU-SM |
| Vegetation | MSU-MR, MSU-SM, SAR |
| Surface temperature (land) | IKFS-2, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | KMSS, MSU-E, MSU-MR, MSU-SM |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | MTVZA-GY |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | IKFS-2, Klimat, MIVZA, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | MSU-MR, MSU-SM |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, SAR |