Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-16 at a glance.
Uptime
13838
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
Latest
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: 103.977 minutes
Inclination: 82.5549 deg
SMA: 7324.636 km
Apoapsis: 954.621 km
Periapsis: 938.382 km
RAAN: 208.8872 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011085
Argument of periapsis: 294.8847 deg
Mean anomaly: 65.1161 deg
Mean motion: 13.84916704 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037514 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-16
TLE line 1: 1 18312U 87068A 25187.58206477 .00000057 00000-0 37514-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 18312 82.5549 208.8872 0011085 294.8847 65.1161 13.84916704914526
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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