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
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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: 82.5557 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.
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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