Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-15 at a glance.
Uptime
18972
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
81.2
Latest
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: 102.095 minutes
Inclination: 81.1864 deg
SMA: 7235.966 km
Apoapsis: 877.905 km
Periapsis: 837.758 km
RAAN: 283.3917 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027741
Argument of periapsis: 111.5736 deg
Mean anomaly: 248.8395 deg
Mean motion: 14.10450845 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000055 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00002385 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-15
TLE line 1: 1 06659U 73034A 25127.84642601 .00000055 00000-0 23850-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06659 81.1864 283.3917 0027741 111.5736 248.8395 14.10450845670288
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.
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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