Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13734
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: 102.227 minutes
Inclination: 82.5156 deg
SMA: 7242.214 km
Apoapsis: 874.465 km
Periapsis: 853.692 km
RAAN: 89.7604 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00143416
Argument of periapsis: 314.2308 deg
Mean anomaly: 45.7688 deg
Mean motion: 14.08626142 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002292 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013233374 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 24, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 23, 2025, 8:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44697U 88005BA 25235.85795269 .00002292 00000-0 13233-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 44697 82.5156 89.7604 0014342 314.2308 45.7688 14.08626142545688
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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