Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-20 at a glance.
Uptime
12806
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 2-20.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-20
International designator: 1990-086A
Object number (NORAD): 20826
Object ID (CCSDS): 20826
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.013 minutes
Inclination: 82.5284 deg
SMA: 7326.317 km
Apoapsis: 957.662 km
Periapsis: 938.703 km
RAAN: 29.2774 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00129388
Argument of periapsis: 345.8866 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.1931 deg
Mean motion: 13.84440171 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000113 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000087528672 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 4:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-20
TLE line 1: 1 20826U 90086A 25292.70726422 .00000113 00000-0 87529-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 20826 82.5284 29.2774 0012939 345.8866 14.1931 13.84440171771045
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-20.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-20 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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