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METEOR PRIRODA, 12585

Orbit data source: Space-Track

METEOR PRIRODA, 12585 is a payload satellite owned by Priroda (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 10 Jul 1981 UTC via a VOSTOK 8A92M launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

12585, 1981-065A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

Priroda State Remote Sensing Center GUGK (CIS)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

METEOR-2, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,500 kg wet, ~1,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1981-07-10 (44 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VOSTOK 8A92M

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 4.5 m

Radar Cross Section

5.718 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 METEOR PRIRODA
1 12585U 81065A   25123.65405437  .00057660  00000-0  60004-3 0  9995
2 12585  97.4916 172.7684 0004395 352.4572   7.6620 15.64398691395553

Epoch: 2025-05-03T15:41Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T15:41:50.297Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

75.51562°

Altitude

375.174 km

Speed

7.686 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 31m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-13.00241°

Longitude

77.85479°

Altitude

377.539 km

Speed

7.684 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 46m 54s

Apparent Declination

-62° 32' 15"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:16:25

Azimuth

208.187° SW

Elevation

-25.679°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

374.846 km

Perigee altitude

368.913 km

Semi-major axis

6,750.016 km

Eccentricity

0.0004395

Inclination

97.4916°

RAAN

172.7684°

Arg. of periapsis

352.4572°

True anomaly

7.66872°

Mean anomaly

7.662°

Eccentric anomaly

7.66536°

Mean motion

3.91369 °/min

BSTAR

0.00060004

Orbital period

91.98 mins

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 1981 (1981-07-10 UTC)

SL-3 R/B, 12586

SL-3 R/B(DUPLICATE), 12587 (Decayed)

ISKRA 1, 19236 (Decayed)

METEOR PRIRODA Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2025-05-05 03:09:28.219Z	145.268° SSE	2025-05-05 03:10:28.219Z	94.295° ESE	40.991°	2025-05-05 03:13:28.219Z	354.987° N

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