Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 3M at a glance.
Uptime
8673
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 3M.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 3M
International designator: 2001-056A
Object number (NORAD): 27001
Object ID (CCSDS): 27001
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.185 minutes
Inclination: 99.8166 deg
SMA: 7381.227 km
Apoapsis: 1012.986 km
Periapsis: 993.199 km
RAAN: 67.2934 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00134037
Argument of periapsis: 195.8369 deg
Mean anomaly: 289.179 deg
Mean motion: 13.69020301 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045189483 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 11:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 3M
TLE line 1: 1 27001U 01056A 25250.96681387 -.00000008 00000-0 45189-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 27001 99.8166 67.2934 0013404 195.8369 289.1790 13.69020301186269
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 3M.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.
METEOR 3M was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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