Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-21 at a glance.
Uptime
11695
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 2-21.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 2-21
International designator: 1993-055A
Object number (NORAD): 22782
Object ID (CCSDS): 22782
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.046 minutes
Inclination: 82.5525 deg
SMA: 7327.87 km
Apoapsis: 965.236 km
Periapsis: 934.233 km
RAAN: 159.6647 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00211541
Argument of periapsis: 285.0996 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.024 deg
Mean motion: 13.84000257 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000067 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000047400689 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 9:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-21
TLE line 1: 1 22782U 93055A 25249.89377345 .00000067 00000-0 47401-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 22782 82.5525 159.6647 0021154 285.0996 145.0240 13.84000257616863
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-21.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-21 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 21’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 31, 1993, 4:40 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 21
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 31, 1993, 4:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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