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Meteor meteorological satellite program and Earth observation (1969–1991)

Meteor meteorological satellite program and Earth observation (1969–1991)

  1. Meteor-1-1 becomes first operational Meteor satellite

    Labels: Meteor-1-1, USSR Meteor

  2. VPK orders the GMKS unified hydro-meteor system

    Labels: VPK, GMKS

  3. Meteor production line established at VNIIEM’s Istra branch

    Labels: VNIIEM Istra, Meteor production

  4. First Meteor-Priroda Earth-observation satellite launched

    Labels: Meteor-Priroda, Earth observation

  5. Meteor-2 series begins flight testing with first launch

    Labels: Meteor-2, flight testing

  6. Meteor-Priroda system declared operational

    Labels: Meteor-Priroda, operational

  7. Meteor imagery supports the icebreaker Sibir’s Arctic voyage

    Labels: Icebreaker Sibir, Arctic transit

  8. Meteor-2 network officially declared operational

    Labels: Meteor-2 network, operational network

  9. Resurs-OE prototype launched using a Meteor-derived bus

    Labels: Resurs-OE, Kosmos 1484

  10. First Meteor-3 launch attempt (Kosmos 1612)

    Labels: Meteor-3, Kosmos 1612

  11. First “official” Meteor-3 satellite successfully launched

    Labels: Meteor-3-1, Meteor-3

  12. Meteor-3-4 launched as the final pre-dissolution mission

    Labels: Meteor-3-4, Soviet dissolution