NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2021-016A 47719 Arktika-M 1 is the first of a new line of satellites designed to provide persistent weather data on Russia’s Arctic, home to economically lucrative natural resources, energy reserves, and an important region for Russian military operations. The Arktika-M satellites are built by NPO Lavochkin, the same Russian company that builds Fregat upper stages. The Arktika-M 1 satellite is based on the design of Russia’s Elektro-L weather satellites that fly in geostationary orbit over the equator. Weather observatories in geostationary orbit collect imagery 24 hours a day over the same part of the Earth, but they are unable to peer at weather systems over high latitude regions. TLEs: NSSDCA: 1 47719U 21016A 21068.17262895 .00000087 00000-0 00000+0 0 9999 2 47719 63.3177 293.7181 7214848 270.1369 211.0431 2.00100199 172 R4UAB: ARKTIKA-M1 1 47719U 21016A 21065.94973962 .00000234...