Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
15918
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: 1982-025AY
Object number (NORAD): 36861
Object ID (CCSDS): 36861
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.853 minutes
Inclination: 82.5068 deg
SMA: 7177.15 km
Apoapsis: 816.771 km
Periapsis: 781.258 km
RAAN: 31.0656 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00247399
Argument of periapsis: 68.5604 deg
Mean anomaly: 291.8215 deg
Mean motion: 14.27824283 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007844 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031554888 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 4:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36861U 82025AY 25292.69510474 .00007844 00000-0 31555-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 36861 82.5068 31.0656 0024740 68.5604 291.8215 14.27824283631652
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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