METEOR 2-17 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

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: 1988-005AZ

Object number (NORAD): 38656

Object ID (CCSDS): 38656

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.501 minutes

Inclination: 82.5188 deg

SMA: 7255.118 km

Apoapsis: 890.594 km

Periapsis: 863.371 km

RAAN: 28.2881 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00187618

Argument of periapsis: 97.5262 deg

Mean anomaly: 262.8042 deg

Mean motion: 14.04869808 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000261 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.001614004 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 6:20 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 10:42 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38656U 88005AZ 25342.44622012 .00002610 00000-0 16140-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 38656 82.5188 28.2881 0018762 97.5262 262.8042 14.04869808599742

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 2025-09-11 15:08:02 0.000108656 129.0 (m) DEBRIS
OV1-21 R/B LEO 2024-09-03 05:33:12 0.0005514253 75.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17
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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