METEOR 2-16

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-16 at a glance.

Uptime

13998

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 2-16.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 2-16

International designator: 1987-068A

Object number (NORAD): 18312

Object ID (CCSDS): 18312

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.976 minutes

Inclination: 82.557 deg

SMA: 7324.581 km

Apoapsis: 955.302 km

Periapsis: 937.591 km

RAAN: 82.8278 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00120902

Argument of periapsis: 200.5965 deg

Mean anomaly: 159.471 deg

Mean motion: 13.84932396 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000056 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000036425226 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:24 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-16

TLE line 1: 1 18312U 87068A 25346.30847667 .00000056 00000-0 36425-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 18312 82.5570 82.8278 0012090 200.5965 159.4710 13.84932396936449

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-16.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-16.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2025-07-23 08:42:42	0.0001217017	580.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-01-13 13:25:43	0.0004776536	340.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2024-10-07 02:43:00	0.001306033	66.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-08-20 13:53:19	0.0001016734	600.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

METEOR 2-16 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m. from 32/1.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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