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

12378

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.2

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

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: 82.5557 deg

SMA: 7573.769 km

Apoapsis: 1204.86 km

Periapsis: 1186.407 km

RAAN: 24.9956 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0012182

Argument of periapsis: 288.8536 deg

Mean anomaly: 71.1265 deg

Mean motion: 13.1714837 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000035 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.00012181 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:18 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 3-5

TLE line 1: 1 21655U 91056A 25185.59629844 -.00000035 00000-0 -12181-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 21655 82.5557 24.9956 0012182 288.8536 71.1265 13.17148370628814

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5
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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