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Meteor-M N2-4

Meteor-M N2-4 is the sixth flight unit of the Meteor-M series and seventh satellite of the Meteor-3M programme, operated by Roshydromet with participation from Roscosmos. Launched on 29 February 2024 into a sun-synchronous orbit at 820.7 km altitude with a 09:00 descending equator crossing time, the mission carries an extensive payload stack: an infrared sounder (IKFS-2), a multispectral imager (KMSS), a medium-resolution scanner (MSU-MR), a microwave radiometer-sounder (MTVZA-GY), a broadband radiometer (IKOR-M), a SAR instrument (MeteorSAR), a data collection relay (SSPD), and space-weather monitoring components (GGAK-M/RIMS-M, GGAK-E/SKIF-6, GGAK-E/GALS-E, SASR-Meteor). The mission supports atmospheric temperature and humidity profiling, sea surface temperature retrieval, vegetation and land surface monitoring, passive microwave sounding, SAR-based backscatter imaging, broadband radiation budget measurement, and real-time data access. WMO lists MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, and SSPD data as available in real time via HRPT, selected data via LRPT, and DCP messages by onboard relay. WMO OSCAR lists the satellite as operational as of January 2026, with an end-of-life date recorded as 2029 or later.[1][2]

Supply chain position

carries instrument IKFS-2 Infrared Fourier Spectrometer
carries instrument KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
carries instrument MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
carries instrument MTVZA-GY Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer
carries instrument SSPD Data Collection and Transmission System
carries instrument MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar
carries instrument GGAK-M/RIMS-M Radio-frequency Mass Spectrometer
carries instrument IKOR-M Broadband Shortwave Radiometer
carries instrument GGAK-E/SKIF-6 Corpuscular Radiation Spectrometer
carries instrument GGAK-E/GALS-E Galactic Cosmic Ray Detector
carries instrument SAS&R Meteor Search and Rescue Payload
operated by Roshydromet
launched on Roscosmos Soyuz 2
related to Weather nowcasting
related to Sea surface temperature
related to Ocean surface winds
related to Land cover change
related to State Space Corporation Roscosmos
Hyperspectral infrared nadir sounding → demonstrated IKFS-2 Infrared Fourier Spectrometer
Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
Optical time-series change detection → capable KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
Multi-temporal burned-area mapping → capable KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Sea-surface temperature retrieval → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Land-surface temperature - emissivity retrieval → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Thermal anomaly detection → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Thermal infrared imaging → demonstrated MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Multi-frequency microwave imaging radiometry → demonstrated MTVZA-GY Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer
Microwave atmospheric sounding → demonstrated MTVZA-GY Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer
Satellite precipitation retrieval → demonstrated MTVZA-GY Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer
SAR backscatter imaging → demonstrated MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar
Broadband radiometry → demonstrated IKOR-M Broadband Shortwave Radiometer
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@misc{eoatlas:missions:meteor-m-n2-4,
  title = {Meteor-M N2-4},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/meteor-m-n2-4}
}