Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 3-3 at a glance.
Uptime
13200
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.0
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 3-3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 3-3
International designator: 1989-086A
Object number (NORAD): 20305
Object ID (CCSDS): 20305
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.372 minutes
Inclination: 82.5478 deg
SMA: 7621.957 km
Apoapsis: 1248.333 km
Periapsis: 1239.311 km
RAAN: 235.2912 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00059189
Argument of periapsis: 257.8008 deg
Mean anomaly: 159.4837 deg
Mean motion: 13.0467701 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000268 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007955585 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 3-3
TLE line 1: 1 20305U 89086A 25347.67985311 .00000268 00000-0 79556-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 20305 82.5478 235.2912 0005919 257.8008 159.4837 13.04677010722427
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 3-3.
Associated space launch
Third generation meteorological satellite
METEOR 3-3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 3’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 24, 1989, 9:35 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 24, 1989, 9:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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