Key statistics
Satellite METEOR 1-27 at a glance.
Uptime
17726
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
81.3
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for METEOR 1-27.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: METEOR 1-27
International designator: 1977-024A
Object number (NORAD): 9903
Object ID (CCSDS): 9903
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.224 minutes
Inclination: 81.2742 deg
SMA: 7242.045 km
Apoapsis: 891.318 km
Periapsis: 836.502 km
RAAN: 14.0642 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0037846
Argument of periapsis: 338.2504 deg
Mean anomaly: 21.7057 deg
Mean motion: 14.08675434 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000085 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000042138021 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 METEOR 1-27
TLE line 1: 1 09903U 77024A 25288.93393893 .00000085 00000-0 42138-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 09903 81.2742 14.0642 0037846 338.2504 21.7057 14.08675434493164
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite METEOR 1-27.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object METEOR 1-27.
Associated space launch
The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.
METEOR 1-27 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 27 (39L)’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 5, 1977, 2:05 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 27 (39L)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 5, 1977, 2:05 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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