CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Meteor-M N2-6 -
Full Name Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-6 Status Planned
Mission Agencies ROSKOSMOS, ROSHYDROMET Launch Date 2026
Mission Links EOL Date 2031
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 101 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 98.77 deg
Orbit Altitude 832 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST TBD Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications Hydrometeorology, climatology, heliogeophysics, Earth resources and environmental monitoring.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols MSU-MR
Atmospheric Humidity Fields IKFS-2, MTVZA-GY
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature IKFS-2, KMSS, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
Cloud particle properties and profile IKFS-2, MTVZA-GY
Liquid water and precipitation rate MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
Ozone IKFS-2
Radiation budget MSU-MR
Trace gases (excluding ozone) IKFS-2
Atmospheric Temperature Fields IKFS-2, MTVZA-GY
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements GGAK-M
LandAlbedo and reflectance KMSS, MSU-MR
Vegetation MSU-MR, Severyanin-M
Surface temperature (land) IKFS-2, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
Multi-purpose imagery (land) KMSS, MSU-MR
OceanOcean surface winds MTVZA-GY
Surface temperature (ocean) IKFS-2, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) MSU-MR
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth KMSS, MSU-MR
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness KMSS, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, Severyanin-M
Mission Instruments
DCS - Data Collection System
GGAK-M - Module for Geophysical Measurements (SEM)
IKFS-2 - IR-Fourier spectrometer
KMSS - Multispectral Imager (VIS) system
MSU-MR - Low-resolution multispectral scanning imager-radiometer
MTVZA-GY - Scanning microwave imager-sounder
Severyanin-M - Severyanin-M
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