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: 1982-025BC
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: 100.945 minutes
Inclination: 82.5358 deg
SMA: 7181.516 km
Apoapsis: 815.692 km
Periapsis: 791.069 km
RAAN: 72.5859 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017143
Argument of periapsis: 66.4263 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.8719 deg
Mean motion: 14.26522425 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007227 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029869612 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 6:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36865U 82025BC 25246.25683328 .00007227 00000-0 29870-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 36865 82.5358 72.5859 0017143 66.4263 293.8719 14.26522425 97974
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.
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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