Key statistics
Satellite BADR B at a glance.
Uptime
8770
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 BADR B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BADR B
International designator: 2001-056C
Object number (NORAD): 27003
Object ID (CCSDS): 27003
Country: PAKISTAN (PAKI)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.079 minutes
Inclination: 99.7858 deg
SMA: 7376.287 km
Apoapsis: 1012.57 km
Periapsis: 983.733 km
RAAN: 153.4936 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00195469
Argument of periapsis: 255.3058 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.5921 deg
Mean motion: 13.70395979 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000063929032 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:21 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BADR B
TLE line 1: 1 27003U 01056C 25346.22334691 .00000010 00000-0 63929-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 27003 99.7858 153.4936 0019547 255.3058 104.5921 13.70395979200338
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BADR B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object BADR B.
Associated space launch
Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.
BADR B 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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