Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-8 at a glance.
Uptime
15808
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: 103.929 minutes
Inclination: 82.5391 deg
SMA: 7322.345 km
Apoapsis: 958.07 km
Periapsis: 930.35 km
RAAN: 15.1836 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018928
Argument of periapsis: 132.0339 deg
Mean anomaly: 290.9343 deg
Mean motion: 13.85566791 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000022171 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8
TLE line 1: 1 13113U 82025A 25185.61353598 .00000040 00000-0 22171-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 13113 82.5391 15.1836 0018928 132.0339 290.9343 13.85566791187515
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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