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: 1982-025AX
Object number (NORAD): 36860
Object ID (CCSDS): 36860
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.465 minutes
Inclination: 82.5223 deg
SMA: 7206.184 km
Apoapsis: 849.374 km
Periapsis: 806.723 km
RAAN: 49.0052 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00295931
Argument of periapsis: 232.756 deg
Mean anomaly: 127.092 deg
Mean motion: 14.19203842 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004681 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0022181626 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, 10:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36860U 82025AX 25347.44395294 .00004681 00000-0 22182-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 36860 82.5223 49.0052 0029593 232.7560 127.0920 14.19203842 79012
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB.
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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