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

15969

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: 1982-025BC

Object number (NORAD): 36865

Object ID (CCSDS): 36865

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.859 minutes

Inclination: 82.5385 deg

SMA: 7177.45 km

Apoapsis: 813.448 km

Periapsis: 785.183 km

RAAN: 354.4375 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00196897

Argument of periapsis: 147.9215 deg

Mean anomaly: 212.3172 deg

Mean motion: 14.27734517 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003533 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0014227948 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 4, 2025, 2:28 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 3, 2025, 5:59 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 36865U 82025BC 25337.74939408 .00003533 00000-0 14228-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 36865 82.5385 354.4375 0019690 147.9215 212.3172 14.27734517111020

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	SSO	2025-09-12 09:32:47	0.0001241839	234.0 (m)	DEBRIS
ARIANE 5 R/B	SSO	2025-08-26 01:35:25	0.000145335	172.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-10 21:13:12	0.0006865257	166.0 (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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