METEOR 1-20

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite METEOR 1-20 at a glance.

Uptime

18624

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 1-20.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: METEOR 1-20

International designator: 1974-099A

Object number (NORAD): 7574

Object ID (CCSDS): 7574

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.981 minutes

Inclination: 81.2325 deg

SMA: 7230.596 km

Apoapsis: 864.828 km

Periapsis: 840.094 km

RAAN: 142.2792 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00171035

Argument of periapsis: 115.9721 deg

Mean anomaly: 244.3215 deg

Mean motion: 14.12022431 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000125 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000061107903 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, 3:28 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-20

TLE line 1: 1 07574U 74099A 25346.14461609 .00000125 00000-0 61108-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 07574 81.2325 142.2792 0017103 115.9721 244.3215 14.12022431624060

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-20.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-20.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-11-07 09:46:25	0.0001385584	225.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-08-30 03:17:33	0.0001065489	975.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-07-21 04:33:41	0.001991715	144.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-01-30 16:24:44	0.0001488198	609.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2025-01-10 09:05:10	0.0001480421	558.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

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

METEOR 1-20 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 20 (32L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 17, 1974, 11:45 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 20 (32L)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 17, 1974, 11:45 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vostok 8A92M

Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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