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

13611

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 2-17 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: METEOR 2-17 DEB

International designator: 1988-005AT

Object number (NORAD): 38540

Object ID (CCSDS): 38540

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.766 minutes

Inclination: 82.5103 deg

SMA: 7173.049 km

Apoapsis: 796.55 km

Periapsis: 793.277 km

RAAN: 6.285 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0002281

Argument of periapsis: 234.8793 deg

Mean anomaly: 125.2178 deg

Mean motion: 14.2904892 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003464 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0013622 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:40 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38540U 88005AT 25125.40345670 .00003464 00000-0 13622-2 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 38540 82.5103 6.2850 0002281 234.8793 125.2178 14.29048920 90476

Live tracking on map

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	2025-02-01 01:23:23	0.000505161	33.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-18 21:27:41	0.0002657555	421.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-13 20:39:40	0.0002387915	206.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-10-04 13:42:14	0.00024056	487.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-08-06 07:28:35	0.0001032061	215.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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