Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-15 at a glance.
Uptime
14006
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: 103.954 minutes
Inclination: 82.4684 deg
SMA: 7323.524 km
Apoapsis: 954.295 km
Periapsis: 936.482 km
RAAN: 59.5446 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012162
Argument of periapsis: 218.3064 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.7234 deg
Mean motion: 13.85232379 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000077 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00005461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 5:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-15
TLE line 1: 1 17290U 87001A 25130.74813701 .00000077 00000-0 54610-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 17290 82.4684 59.5446 0012162 218.3064 141.7234 13.85232379938119
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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