Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-20 at a glance.
Uptime
18523
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: 101.984 minutes
Inclination: 81.2309 deg
SMA: 7230.716 km
Apoapsis: 865.178 km
Periapsis: 839.985 km
RAAN: 240.2181 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017421
Argument of periapsis: 44.7931 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.4644 deg
Mean motion: 14.11987224 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000376 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019865834 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-20
TLE line 1: 1 07574U 74099A 25245.94738187 .00000376 00000-0 19866-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 07574 81.2309 240.2181 0017421 44.7931 315.4644 14.11987224609921
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.
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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