METEOR 2-17 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

13779

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: 1988-005H

Object number (NORAD): 28993

Object ID (CCSDS): 28993

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.933 minutes

Inclination: 82.5295 deg

SMA: 7275.521 km

Apoapsis: 908.024 km

Periapsis: 886.749 km

RAAN: 103.6474 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00146211

Argument of periapsis: 245.8943 deg

Mean anomaly: 114.0696 deg

Mean motion: 13.98964099 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003035 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0020906697 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 5:13 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 28993U 88005H 25293.21753381 .00003035 00000-0 20907-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 28993 82.5295 103.6474 0014621 245.8943 114.0696 13.98964099556784

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Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-17 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
THOR ABLESTAR R/B	LEO	2025-06-03 01:49:15	0.0002154892	613.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1579 COOLANT	LEO	2025-03-14 08:37:23	0.0006733803	45.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-15 22:48:39	0.0001227825	423.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-10-08 01:31:23	0.0001091991	35.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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