METEOR 1-16

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 1-16 at a glance.

Uptime

18854

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 1-16.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 1-16

International designator: 1974-011A

Object number (NORAD): 7209

Object ID (CCSDS): 7209

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.804 minutes

Inclination: 81.2236 deg

SMA: 7222.219 km

Apoapsis: 872.396 km

Periapsis: 815.772 km

RAAN: 269.119 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0039201

Argument of periapsis: 18.3087 deg

Mean anomaly: 341.9487 deg

Mean motion: 14.14479975 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000243 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00011926378 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 11:09 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-16

TLE line 1: 1 07209U 74011A 25289.46473049 .00000243 00000-0 11926-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 07209 81.2236 269.1190 0039201 18.3087 341.9487 14.14479975660786

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-16.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-16.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-10-16 08:05:12	0.001614188	99.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-16 DEB	LEO	2025-07-19 14:11:41	0.001087214	133.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-30 06:43:32	0.0001276385	629.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F12 DEB	SSO	2024-11-19 05:53:06	0.003726895	61.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-11 00:30:40	0.000108202	166.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

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

METEOR 1-16 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 16 (30L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on March 5, 1974, 11:38 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 16 (30L)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 5, 1974, 11:38 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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