Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-4 at a glance.
Uptime
16990
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
81.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 2-4.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-4
International designator: 1979-021A
Object number (NORAD): 11288
Object ID (CCSDS): 11288
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.963 minutes
Inclination: 81.2148 deg
SMA: 7229.748 km
Apoapsis: 869.316 km
Periapsis: 833.91 km
RAAN: 59.2882 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024487
Argument of periapsis: 33.048 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.2216 deg
Mean motion: 14.1227093 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000319 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016599944 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-4
TLE line 1: 1 11288U 79021A 25246.22769232 .00000319 00000-0 16600-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 11288 81.2148 59.2882 0024487 33.0480 327.2216 14.12270930394517
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-4.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-4 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 4’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 1, 1979, 6:45 p.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 1, 1979, 6:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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