Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-12 at a glance.
Uptime
19524
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: 102.597 minutes
Inclination: 81.2259 deg
SMA: 7259.681 km
Apoapsis: 888.762 km
Periapsis: 874.33 km
RAAN: 167.684 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000994
Argument of periapsis: 277.6875 deg
Mean anomaly: 82.3163 deg
Mean motion: 14.03545375 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000263 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015987565 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-12
TLE line 1: 1 06079U 72049A 25346.25703505 .00000263 00000-0 15988-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 06079 81.2259 167.6840 0009940 277.6875 82.3163 14.03545375734887
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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