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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Meteor 3-1
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Weather
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> October 24, 1985
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Plesetsk Cosmodrome, northern Russia
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Tsyklon
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 1,227/1,251 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 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 launch of the latest generation of Meteor weather satellites, which fly in higher orbits than the still- current Meteor 2s (first Meteor 2 launch July 11, 1975).