METEOR 2-6 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-6 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

16531

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

81.2

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 2-6 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: METEOR 2-6 DEB

International designator: 1980-073P

Object number (NORAD): 38837

Object ID (CCSDS): 38837

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 94.338 minutes

Inclination: 81.1983 deg

SMA: 6864.622 km

Apoapsis: 498.139 km

Periapsis: 474.836 km

RAAN: 85.042 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00169736

Argument of periapsis: 297.796 deg

Mean anomaly: 77.8612 deg

Mean motion: 15.26433172 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00394388 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.014334375 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 16, 2025, 11:40 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 16, 2025, 2:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-6 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38837U 80073P 25320.62169560 .00394388 00000-0 14334-1 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 38837 81.1983 85.0420 0016974 297.7960 77.8612 15.26433172651442

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-6 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-6 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
MACSAT 2 (M 2)	LEO	2025-01-08 20:47:45	0.002286949	32.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-07-03 07:51:29	0.0001698743	108.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

METEOR 2-6 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 6’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 9, 1980, 11 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 6

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 9, 1980, 11 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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