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.
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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