Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-8 at a glance.
Uptime
15863
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 2-8.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-8
International designator: 1982-025A
Object number (NORAD): 13113
Object ID (CCSDS): 13113
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.928 minutes
Inclination: 82.5429 deg
SMA: 7322.339 km
Apoapsis: 956.995 km
Periapsis: 931.412 km
RAAN: 331.208 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00174692
Argument of periapsis: 343.7611 deg
Mean anomaly: 133.733 deg
Mean motion: 13.85568586 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000068 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046872253 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 7:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8
TLE line 1: 1 13113U 82025A 25240.79544711 .00000068 00000-0 46872-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 13113 82.5429 331.2080 0017469 343.7611 133.7330 13.85568586195156
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-8.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 25, 1982, 9:50 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 25, 1982, 9:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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