Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13833
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: 1988-005AP
Object number (NORAD): 38286
Object ID (CCSDS): 38286
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.691 minutes
Inclination: 82.537 deg
SMA: 7264.088 km
Apoapsis: 918.69 km
Periapsis: 853.215 km
RAAN: 51.1908 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00450674
Argument of periapsis: 81.9806 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.6475 deg
Mean motion: 14.02268429 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003553 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0022895891 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 9:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38286U 88005AP 25346.90599876 .00003553 00000-0 22896-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 38286 82.5370 51.1908 0045067 81.9806 278.6475 14.02268429716474
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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