Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-12 at a glance.
Uptime
14819
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: 103.908 minutes
Inclination: 82.5329 deg
SMA: 7321.399 km
Apoapsis: 955.021 km
Periapsis: 931.507 km
RAAN: 201.0529 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00160589
Argument of periapsis: 12.8492 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.3075 deg
Mean motion: 13.85835404 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000128 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000098332857 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-12
TLE line 1: 1 15516U 85013A 25245.94594373 .00000128 00000-0 98333-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 15516 82.5329 201.0529 0016059 12.8492 347.3075 13.85835404 52024
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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