Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-12 at a glance.
Uptime
19306
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: 102.601 minutes
Inclination: 81.2302 deg
SMA: 7259.837 km
Apoapsis: 889.663 km
Periapsis: 873.742 km
RAAN: 17.5771 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010965
Argument of periapsis: 159.4677 deg
Mean anomaly: 200.6933 deg
Mean motion: 14.03500005 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000017251 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 4:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-12
TLE line 1: 1 06079U 72049A 25128.68323941 .00000039 00000-0 17251-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06079 81.2302 17.5771 0010965 159.4677 200.6933 14.03500005704369
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.
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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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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