Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-12 at a glance.
Uptime
14761
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 2-12.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-12
International designator: 1985-013A
Object number (NORAD): 15516
Object ID (CCSDS): 15516
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.909 minutes
Inclination: 82.5305 deg
SMA: 7321.417 km
Apoapsis: 955.025 km
Periapsis: 931.539 km
RAAN: 247.6165 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016039
Argument of periapsis: 166.7681 deg
Mean anomaly: 193.3904 deg
Mean motion: 13.85830213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000013005 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-12
TLE line 1: 1 15516U 85013A 25187.60872771 .00000030 00000-0 13005-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 15516 82.5305 247.6165 0016039 166.7681 193.3904 13.85830213 43941
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-12.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-12.
Associated space launch
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
METEOR 2-12 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Zenit-8 11’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 6, 1985, 11 a.m. from 16/2.
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 6, 1985, 11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 16/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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