Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13833
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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 2-17 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: METEOR 2-17 DEB
International designator: 1988-005E
Object number (NORAD): 28990
Object ID (CCSDS): 28990
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.596 minutes
Inclination: 82.5134 deg
SMA: 7259.598 km
Apoapsis: 890.083 km
Periapsis: 872.843 km
RAAN: 27.2057 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00118741
Argument of periapsis: 333.4667 deg
Mean anomaly: 26.5895 deg
Mean motion: 14.03569507 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002337 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014805406 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 9:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 28990U 88005E 25347.40470403 .00002337 00000-0 14805-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 28990 82.5134 27.2057 0011874 333.4667 26.5895 14.03569507579678
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-17 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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