The satellite was launched , June 27, 2023
The new hydrometeorological spacecraft “Meteor-M” No. 2-3 successfully sent the first data to Earth. The photo was shared by the press service of Roscosmos.
The satellite was launched yesterday, June 27, 2023, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle. According to Roskosmos, all supporting systems of the satellite are operating normally and without any complaints. Today, on June 28, a low-resolution multi-zone scanning device (MSU-MR) was switched to the shooting mode. The first good quality images have already been received from it, they were handed over to the satellite developer.
First images were received from the hydrometeorological satellite “Meteor-M” No. 2-3
MSU-MR is designed for wide-field survey of cloud cover and underlying surface (including ice cover). It allows for multi-channel surveys on a swath of up to 2800–2850 km with a spatial resolution of 1000 m.
The space complex for hydrometeorological and oceanographic support “Meteor-3M” is designed to receive space information from remote sensing of the Earth in the interests of operational meteorology, hydrology, agrometeorology, climate and environmental monitoring, monitoring natural and man-made emergencies, conducting scientific heliogeophysical research, studying the state of the atmosphere on a planetary scale.
