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METEOR 2-17, 18820

Orbit data source: Space-Track

METEOR 2-17, 18820 is a Commonwealth of Independent States-origin payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Sat, 30 Jan 1988 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

18820, 1988-005A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

METEOR-2, Unknown motor

Mass

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

Launch date (UTC)

1988-01-30 (37 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

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 9 hours ago

0 METEOR 2-17
1 18820U 88005A   25128.96342088  .00000076  00000-0  52960-4 0  9997
2 18820  82.5398 285.7271 0017354 134.3662 344.8824 13.85617627884484

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:07Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:07:19.564Z)

Latitude

60.04111°

Longitude

-121.19218°

Altitude

941.967 km

Speed

7.393 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 10m 39s

True Declination

59° 53' 45"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

5.90284°

Longitude

-109.19889°

Altitude

936.708 km

Speed

7.389 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 52m 21s

Apparent Declination

-16° 14' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:12:06

Azimuth

310.196° NW

Elevation

-57.829°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

953.881 km

Perigee altitude

928.477 km

Semi-major axis

7,319.316 km

Eccentricity

0.0017354

Inclination

82.5398°

RAAN

285.7271°

Arg. of periapsis

134.3662°

True anomaly

344.83043°

Mean anomaly

344.8824°

Eccentric anomaly

344.85642°

Mean motion

3.46607 °/min

BSTAR

0.00005296

Orbital period

103.86 mins

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Other satellites on launch #5 in the year 1988 (1988-01-30 UTC)

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35366

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35367

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35368

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35369

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35370

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35371

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35372

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 35373

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38281

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38282

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38283

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38284

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38285

METEOR 2-17 DEB, 38286

METEOR 2-17 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.
11 mins	2025-05-09 10:47:00.643Z	168.176° S	2025-05-09 10:52:00.643Z	107.159° ESE	39.731°	2025-05-09 10:58:00.643Z	16.608° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-09 12:35:00.643Z	259.806° W	2025-05-09 12:37:00.643Z	283.665° WNW	18.998°	2025-05-09 12:41:00.643Z	330.189° NNW
10 mins	2025-05-09 21:40:00.643Z	10.215° NNE	2025-05-09 21:45:00.643Z	87.136° E	34.239°	2025-05-09 21:50:00.643Z	147.054° SSE
7 mins	2025-05-09 23:26:00.643Z	314.174° NW	2025-05-09 23:29:00.643Z	274.921° WNW	23.103°	2025-05-09 23:33:00.643Z	226.492° WSW

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