Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-21 at a glance.
Uptime
18420
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 1-21.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 1-21
International designator: 1975-023A
Object number (NORAD): 7714
Object ID (CCSDS): 7714
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.242 minutes
Inclination: 81.1996 deg
SMA: 7242.903 km
Apoapsis: 886.084 km
Periapsis: 843.452 km
RAAN: 148.7523 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00294306
Argument of periapsis: 82.206 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.2449 deg
Mean motion: 14.08425144 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000117 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00006080579 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-21
TLE line 1: 1 07714U 75023A 25247.16897712 .00000117 00000-0 60806-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 07714 81.1996 148.7523 0029431 82.2060 278.2449 14.08425144907276
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-21.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-21.
Associated space launch
The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.
METEOR 1-21 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 21 (31L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 1, 1975, 12:30 p.m. from 41/1.
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 21 (31L)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 1, 1975, 12:30 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 41/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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