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

18569

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: 101.983 minutes

Inclination: 81.2362 deg

SMA: 7230.661 km

Apoapsis: 863.802 km

Periapsis: 841.25 km

RAAN: 195.3343 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015595

Argument of periapsis: 271.717 deg

Mean anomaly: 88.2216 deg

Mean motion: 14.12003542 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000099 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000047343636 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8:46 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-20

TLE line 1: 1 07574U 74099A 25291.86546357 .00000099 00000-0 47344-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 07574 81.2362 195.3343 0015595 271.7170 88.2216 14.12003542616401

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 2025-08-30 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
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-12-23 07:28:37 0.0001256091 225.0 (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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Launch to space Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 20 (32L)
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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