Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-16 at a glance.
Uptime
13776
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: 103.978 minutes
Inclination: 82.5554 deg
SMA: 7324.656 km
Apoapsis: 956.537 km
Periapsis: 936.506 km
RAAN: 258.6908 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013674
Argument of periapsis: 107.3726 deg
Mean anomaly: 252.8931 deg
Mean motion: 13.84911015 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00001786 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 8:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-16
TLE line 1: 1 18312U 87068A 25124.87134825 .00000035 00000-0 17860-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 18312 82.5554 258.6908 0013674 107.3726 252.8931 13.84911015905794
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.
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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