NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1988-005A
Meteor 2-17 carried scientific instruments for continuing space research, radio systems for precise orbital measurements, and a radio telemetry system. It also carried equipment for obtaining global images of cloud cover and the underlying surface in the visible and infrared bands of the spectrum using either the tape recording mode or direct transmission, and radiometric equipment for continuous observations of fluxes of penetrating radiation in the near-earth space.
Launch Date: 1988-01-30
Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R
Mass: 2750 kg
Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office