Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13728
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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 2-17 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: METEOR 2-17 DEB
International designator: 1988-005AN
Object number (NORAD): 38285
Object ID (CCSDS): 38285
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.008 minutes
Inclination: 82.5488 deg
SMA: 7279.03 km
Apoapsis: 914.134 km
Periapsis: 887.655 km
RAAN: 167.0789 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00181882
Argument of periapsis: 29.3202 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.8982 deg
Mean motion: 13.97952893 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001764 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012322404 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 27, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 27, 2025, 3:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38285U 88005AN 25239.13130934 .00001764 00000-0 12322-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 38285 82.5488 167.0789 0018188 29.3202 330.8982 13.97952893169707
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-17 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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