METEOR 1-12

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 1-12 at a glance.

Uptime

19475

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.0

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

81.2

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 1-12.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 1-12

International designator: 1972-049A

Object number (NORAD): 6079

Object ID (CCSDS): 6079

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.598 minutes

Inclination: 81.2291 deg

SMA: 7259.728 km

Apoapsis: 890.122 km

Periapsis: 873.064 km

RAAN: 214.3687 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00117488

Argument of periapsis: 54.7153 deg

Mean anomaly: 305.5111 deg

Mean motion: 14.03531768 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000099 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00005539965 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 8:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-12

TLE line 1: 1 06079U 72049A 25297.85255915 .00000099 00000-0 55400-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 06079 81.2291 214.3687 0011749 54.7153 305.5111 14.03531768728095

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-12.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-12.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-09-29 02:17:02 0.001455911 132.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-08-22 07:20:26 0.0001285538 314.0 (m) DEBRIS
SCOUT B DEB HEO 2025-03-04 14:50:47 0.0001397304 306.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB SSO 2025-02-17 16:16:41 0.0001713096 402.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2025-02-06 15:00:10 0.0001120763 578.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

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

METEOR 1-12 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 30, 1972, 6:52 p.m. from 41/1.

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Launch to space Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)
Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 30, 1972, 6:52 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 41/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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