METEOR 3-5

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 3-5 at a glance.

Uptime

12539

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 3-5.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 3-5

International designator: 1991-056A

Object number (NORAD): 21655

Object ID (CCSDS): 21655

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 109.327 minutes

Inclination: 82.5563 deg

SMA: 7573.749 km

Apoapsis: 1204.842 km

Periapsis: 1186.386 km

RAAN: 271.4504 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00121842

Argument of periapsis: 243.6399 deg

Mean anomaly: 116.3473 deg

Mean motion: 13.17153557 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000182 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00043956144 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, 6:07 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 3-5

TLE line 1: 1 21655U 91056A 25346.25493951 .00000182 00000-0 43956-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 21655 82.5563 271.4504 0012184 243.6399 116.3473 13.17153557649962

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 3-5.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 3-5.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-14 DEB	LEO	2025-05-20 22:47:38	0.000122081	782.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB	LEO	2025-03-20 07:21:40	0.0001417797	276.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2025-01-11 07:25:25	0.003293187	24.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Third generation meteorological satellite

METEOR 3-5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 15, 1991, 9:15 a.m. from 32/2.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 15, 1991, 9:15 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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