Meteor, Card No 21 (RaceIntoSpace 1971)
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Card No. 21: Meteor
These Soviet satellites photograph Earth's changing cloud cover by day and night, observe the distribution of snow and ice, and give advance warning of hurricanes and typhoons. Experiments began within the Cosmos programme, including temperature measurements of the Earth’s surface and cloud-tops.
Meteor 1 was launched on March 26, 1969 into a 393-427 mile orbit inclined at 81.2° to the Equator.
Pictures can be sent direct to ground stations or stored in the satellite for transmission later. Moscow, Leningrad and other centres broadcast periodic warnings of abrupt weather changes, combining data from meteorological radar and satellites.
