METEOR 2-18

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-18 at a glance.

Uptime

13438

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 2-18.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 2-18

International designator: 1989-018A

Object number (NORAD): 19851

Object ID (CCSDS): 19851

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.896 minutes

Inclination: 82.5204 deg

SMA: 7320.794 km

Apoapsis: 950.802 km

Periapsis: 934.516 km

RAAN: 317.1924 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00111231

Argument of periapsis: 296.0148 deg

Mean anomaly: 237.3465 deg

Mean motion: 13.86007219 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000104 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00007726539 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:52 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-18

TLE line 1: 1 19851U 89018A 25347.70344352 .00000104 00000-0 77265-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 19851 82.5204 317.1924 0011123 296.0148 237.3465 13.86007219860126

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-18.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-18.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1249 COOLANT	LEO	2025-07-25 22:23:00	0.000155476	448.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-06-10 00:56:57	0.0009364448	78.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	LEO	2025-03-01 13:37:58	0.0002168912	473.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-02-22 18:15:58	0.0014952	18.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-02-01 09:18:52	0.0001171	632.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

METEOR 2-18 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 18’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Feb. 28, 1989, 4:05 a.m. from 32/2.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 18

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Feb. 28, 1989, 4:05 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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