Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-13 at a glance.
Uptime
14498
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 2-13.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-13
International designator: 1985-119A
Object number (NORAD): 16408
Object ID (CCSDS): 16408
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.929 minutes
Inclination: 82.5364 deg
SMA: 7322.364 km
Apoapsis: 955.465 km
Periapsis: 932.993 km
RAAN: 122.9958 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153445
Argument of periapsis: 204.124 deg
Mean anomaly: 155.9204 deg
Mean motion: 13.85561391 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000168 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013373144 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, 3:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-13
TLE line 1: 1 16408U 85119A 25246.12705826 .00000168 00000-0 13373-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 16408 82.5364 122.9958 0015345 204.1240 155.9204 13.85561391 6246
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-13.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-13 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 13’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 26, 1985, 1:50 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 13
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 26, 1985, 1:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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