Soviet satellites fell to earth

Soviet's first fully operational weather satellite Meteor-1, on March 26, fell back to the earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the US Strategic Command said. my website.

Meteor-1 satellite

According to the US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), Meteor series was developed in the 60s of the last century in the Soviet era.

On March 26, 1969, Vostok boosters brought Meteor-1, the first version of Meteor satellite network into orbit. The satellite ended in July 1970.

Meteor-1 began to fall to Earth at 3:13 am on March 27 (Russian time, 6 hours 13 minutes on the same day as Vietnam time). The US Strategic Command said it was expected that satellite fragments would fall to the Indian Ocean, the southern region of Sri Lanka.

RIA Novosti reports information from Space Safety magazine that Meteor-1 weighs about 1,200 - 1,400kg, placed in orbit 650km.