Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13833
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1988-005BA
Object number (NORAD): 44697
Object ID (CCSDS): 44697
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.215 minutes
Inclination: 82.5155 deg
SMA: 7241.646 km
Apoapsis: 872.877 km
Periapsis: 854.146 km
RAAN: 70.7504 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00129332
Argument of periapsis: 239.2533 deg
Mean anomaly: 120.7367 deg
Mean motion: 14.08791693 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003373 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019457947 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 16, 2025, 4:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 15, 2025, 5:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44697U 88005BA 25258.72892091 .00003373 00000-0 19458-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 44697 82.5155 70.7504 0012933 239.2533 120.7367 14.08791693548906
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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