Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-15 at a glance.
Uptime
14124
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 2-15.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-15
International designator: 1987-001A
Object number (NORAD): 17290
Object ID (CCSDS): 17290
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.953 minutes
Inclination: 82.4699 deg
SMA: 7323.501 km
Apoapsis: 954.095 km
Periapsis: 936.638 km
RAAN: 324.5162 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00119183
Argument of periapsis: 248.703 deg
Mean anomaly: 111.2858 deg
Mean motion: 13.85238689 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000075 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000053147723 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-15
TLE line 1: 1 17290U 87001A 25248.91731071 .00000075 00000-0 53148-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 17290 82.4699 324.5162 0011918 248.7030 111.2858 13.85238689954474
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-15.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-15 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 15’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 5, 1987, 1:20 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 5, 1987, 1:20 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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