Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-21 at a glance.
Uptime
11579
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: 104.047 minutes
Inclination: 82.5489 deg
SMA: 7327.899 km
Apoapsis: 965.35 km
Periapsis: 934.177 km
RAAN: 251.745 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002127
Argument of periapsis: 247.7523 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.9031 deg
Mean motion: 13.83991929 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.0000069584 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 8:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-21
TLE line 1: 1 22782U 93055A 25133.86889988 .00000007 00000-0 -69584-5 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22782 82.5489 251.7450 0021270 247.7523 226.9031 13.83991929600817
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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