METEOR 1-16 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 1-16 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

18912

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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 1-16 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: METEOR 1-16 DEB

International designator: 1974-011C

Object number (NORAD): 42999

Object ID (CCSDS): 42999

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.924 minutes

Inclination: 81.2325 deg

SMA: 7133.019 km

Apoapsis: 777.585 km

Periapsis: 732.182 km

RAAN: 178.1738 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00318258

Argument of periapsis: 123.8313 deg

Mean anomaly: 236.5911 deg

Mean motion: 14.41095352 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0001629 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0050163453 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:35 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-16 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 42999U 74011C 25346.27477476 .00016290 00000-0 50163-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 42999 81.2325 178.1738 0031826 123.8313 236.5911 14.41095352487822

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Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-16 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-16 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-11-01 22:31:59	0.000173471	96.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1190	LEO	2025-07-03 01:25:06	0.0001347073	453.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB	SSO	2025-03-04 16:54:20	0.0001032213	309.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2024-11-12 07:26:06	0.000437905	451.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

METEOR 1-16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 16 (30L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on March 5, 1974, 11:38 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 16 (30L)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 5, 1974, 11:38 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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