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

15810

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: 101.353 minutes

Inclination: 82.522 deg

SMA: 7200.858 km

Apoapsis: 848.486 km

Periapsis: 796.961 km

RAAN: 152.5382 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0035777

Argument of periapsis: 90.2482 deg

Mean anomaly: 270.2798 deg

Mean motion: 14.20778514 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002825 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0012935 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 2, 2025, 3:46 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36859U 82025AW 25183.15722668 .00002825 00000-0 12935-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 36859 82.5220 152.5382 0035777 90.2482 270.2798 14.20778514 53352

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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	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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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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