Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-8 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
15911
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1982-025BF
Object number (NORAD): 38289
Object ID (CCSDS): 38289
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.183 minutes
Inclination: 82.5263 deg
SMA: 7192.797 km
Apoapsis: 831.502 km
Periapsis: 797.822 km
RAAN: 52.2938 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00234124
Argument of periapsis: 118.7585 deg
Mean anomaly: 241.5953 deg
Mean motion: 14.23167632 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004738 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020845119 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 14, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 2:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-8 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38289U 82025BF 25287.09919259 .00004738 00000-0 20845-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 38289 82.5263 52.2938 0023412 118.7585 241.5953 14.23167632299660
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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