METEOR 2-20 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 2-20 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

12860

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.9

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: 1990-086H

Object number (NORAD): 59998

Object ID (CCSDS): 59998

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.679 minutes

Inclination: 82.5304 deg

SMA: 7310.596 km

Apoapsis: 944.617 km

Periapsis: 920.305 km

RAAN: 345.006 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00166282

Argument of periapsis: 179.2445 deg

Mean anomaly: 180.8746 deg

Mean motion: 13.88908335 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002443 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0020064955 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:09 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 2-20 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 59998U 90086H 25345.46467032 .00002443 00000-0 20065-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 59998 82.5304 345.0060 0016628 179.2445 180.8746 13.88908335 91403

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 2-20 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 2-20 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-11-11 06:18:10	0.0002304594	141.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-02-26 01:26:58	0.0001508942	660.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1771	LEO	2024-10-15 19:12:45	0.0004686829	516.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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