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

15970

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

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: 1982-025AW

Object number (NORAD): 36859

Object ID (CCSDS): 36859

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.26 minutes

Inclination: 82.5248 deg

SMA: 7196.47 km

Apoapsis: 840.849 km

Periapsis: 795.821 km

RAAN: 32.7762 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00312849

Argument of periapsis: 31.5105 deg

Mean anomaly: 328.7941 deg

Mean motion: 14.22078278 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003701 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0016579057 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 21, 2025, 3:06 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 20, 2025, 10:53 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36859U 82025AW 25324.45360676 .00003701 00000-0 16579-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 36859 82.5248 32.7762 0031285 31.5105 328.7941 14.22078278 73323

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
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-07-31 11:47:59 0.0002146882 778.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-11-13 08:13:58 0.0007012494 71.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-3 DEB LEO 2024-09-25 23:41:43 0.0001899229 959.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-08-12 12:52:39 0.0004416172 71.0 (m) DEBRIS
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-08-01 23:33:15 0.0001821743 55.0 (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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