METEOR 1-15

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 1-15 at a glance.

Uptime

19191

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

81.2

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 1-15.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 1-15

International designator: 1973-034A

Object number (NORAD): 6659

Object ID (CCSDS): 6659

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.091 minutes

Inclination: 81.1898 deg

SMA: 7235.769 km

Apoapsis: 876.88 km

Periapsis: 838.389 km

RAAN: 69.3186 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00265976

Argument of periapsis: 211.0179 deg

Mean anomaly: 148.9423 deg

Mean motion: 14.10508418 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000247 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00013159938 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:18 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-15

TLE line 1: 1 06659U 73034A 25346.26309975 .00000247 00000-0 13160-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 06659 81.1898 69.3186 0026598 211.0179 148.9423 14.10508418701075

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-15.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-15.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-04-09 08:20:04	0.0001379447	448.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB	SSO	2025-04-01 05:07:31	0.0004539249	195.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2024-12-11 22:41:52	0.01075715	12.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-4 DEB	SSO	2024-11-16 17:25:47	0.006552593	39.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-3 DEB	LEO	2024-11-02 10:19:27	0.0002680995	906.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

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

METEOR 1-15 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 15 (27L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on May 29, 1973, 10:16 a.m. from 41/1.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 15 (27L)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 29, 1973, 10:16 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 41/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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