METEOR 2-8 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

15969

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

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 2-8 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: METEOR 2-8 DEB

International designator: 1982-025Y

Object number (NORAD): 36338

Object ID (CCSDS): 36338

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.764 minutes

Inclination: 82.521 deg

SMA: 7172.961 km

Apoapsis: 806.672 km

Periapsis: 782.98 km

RAAN: 334.6531 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00165144

Argument of periapsis: 254.2728 deg

Mean anomaly: 105.6635 deg

Mean motion: 14.29075118 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003958 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0015545251 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, 7:07 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36338U 82025Y 25346.29715514 .00003958 00000-0 15545-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 36338 82.5210 334.6531 0016514 254.2728 105.6635 14.29075118 79049

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-8 DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-08-17 18:18:56 0.000101424 404.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2025-07-31 14:59:24 0.0002180184 141.0 (m) DEBRIS
PSLV R/B SSO 2024-08-17 07:05:07 0.0002474483 296.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-07-17 13:38:16 0.0001848229 109.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-07-06 10:47:45 0.0002368188 115.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

METEOR 2-8 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on March 25, 1982, 9:50 a.m. from 32/1.

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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8
Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 25, 1982, 9:50 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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