Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
15870
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: 100.902 minutes
Inclination: 82.4993 deg
SMA: 7179.499 km
Apoapsis: 818.822 km
Periapsis: 783.906 km
RAAN: 73.9194 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00243164
Argument of periapsis: 214.3988 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.5624 deg
Mean motion: 14.27123438 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007767 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031681546 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 6:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36861U 82025AY 25242.78740380 .00007767 00000-0 31682-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 36861 82.4993 73.9194 0024316 214.3988 145.5624 14.27123438624537
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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