METEOR 2-17

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-17 at a glance.

Uptime

13832

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 2-17.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 2-17

International designator: 1988-005A

Object number (NORAD): 18820

Object ID (CCSDS): 18820

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.923 minutes

Inclination: 82.5418 deg

SMA: 7322.078 km

Apoapsis: 955.246 km

Periapsis: 932.641 km

RAAN: 112.5884 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015436

Argument of periapsis: 243.5216 deg

Mean anomaly: 129.4934 deg

Mean motion: 13.85642509 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000015 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00011872767 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, 7:04 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17

TLE line 1: 1 18820U 88005A 25346.29467311 .00000150 00000-0 11873-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 18820 82.5418 112.5884 0015436 243.5216 129.4934 13.85642509914302

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-17.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-17.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-11-11 23:32:44	0.0001246396	752.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-03-21 15:39:28	0.0001300313	541.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB	SSO	2024-11-22 11:09:35	0.0002553741	213.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-10-13 10:08:40	0.0001867939	532.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1677	LEO	2024-10-07 02:36:47	0.0001746102	208.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

METEOR 2-17 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. from 32/1.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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