Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-15 at a glance.
Uptime
14171
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: 82.4631 deg
SMA: 7323.482 km
Apoapsis: 955.855 km
Periapsis: 934.839 km
RAAN: 286.6894 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00143486
Argument of periapsis: 116.6679 deg
Mean anomaly: 243.5953 deg
Mean motion: 13.85244183 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000049976751 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 10:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-15
TLE line 1: 1 17290U 87001A 25295.93925485 .00000072 00000-0 49977-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 17290 82.4631 286.6894 0014349 116.6679 243.5953 13.85244183960987
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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