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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Meteor 1
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Weather
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> March 26, 1969
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Plesetsk Cosmodrome, northern Russia
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Soyuz
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 633/687 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> 5 metres long, 1.5 metres diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 2.2 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> First in a series of 31 similar weather satellites, the last being launched on July 10, 1981; some also launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome.