Meteor-M No.2-1 & rideshare payloads Mission

Launch Service Provider

ROSCOSMOS

Vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

This is the third spacecraft in the Russian Meteor-M series of remote sensing satellites. Weighing about 2750 kg, it is intended to gather hydrometeorological data from sun-synchronous orbit. This includes monitoring ozone layer and radiation levels in the near-Earth space, as well as monitoring ocean surface temperatures and ice conditions.