Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 2-20 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12863
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 2-20 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: METEOR 2-20 DEB
International designator: 1990-086E
Object number (NORAD): 44700
Object ID (CCSDS): 44700
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.248 minutes
Inclination: 82.5078 deg
SMA: 7243.173 km
Apoapsis: 869.839 km
Periapsis: 860.238 km
RAAN: 269.0736 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00066274
Argument of periapsis: 309.9113 deg
Mean anomaly: 202.204 deg
Mean motion: 14.08346284 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004482 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026107585 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 5:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-20 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44700U 90086E 25348.23799351 .00004482 00000-0 26108-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 44700 82.5078 269.0736 0006627 309.9113 202.2040 14.08346284614389
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-20 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation soviet meteorological satellite
METEOR 2-20 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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