METEOR 2-17 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

13832

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: 102.957 minutes

Inclination: 82.5471 deg

SMA: 7276.641 km

Apoapsis: 908.797 km

Periapsis: 888.215 km

RAAN: 82.175 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014143

Argument of periapsis: 105.9648 deg

Mean anomaly: 254.3079 deg

Mean motion: 13.98641304 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003187 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0022085 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 11:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 12:47 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38285U 88005AN 25343.53326522 .00003187 00000-0 22085-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 38285 82.5471 82.1750 0014143 105.9648 254.3079 13.98641304184297

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Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-17 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-11-03 02:30:44	0.0001354343	126.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2025-09-11 18:52:13	0.0001565562	85.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-08-18 09:14:23	0.00019383	191.0 (m)	DEBRIS
LANDSAT 2	SSO	2025-04-01 15:39:31	0.0002798596	53.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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