Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-21 at a glance.
Uptime
11634
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 2-21.
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: 82.5476 deg
SMA: 7327.878 km
Apoapsis: 967.206 km
Periapsis: 932.28 km
RAAN: 208.1255 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023831
Argument of periapsis: 94.8832 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.1794 deg
Mean motion: 13.83997823 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000059 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000039645 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-21
TLE line 1: 1 22782U 93055A 25188.82508240 .00000059 00000-0 39645-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 22782 82.5476 208.1255 0023831 94.8832 78.1794 13.83997823608417
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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