In orbitDebris

METEOR 2-21 DEB

NORAD: 40711
COSPAR: 1993-055D

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Spacecraft

Owner: Aerospace Defence Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S40711, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1993-08-31
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Meteor-2
Mission name: Meteor-2 No. 24
Launch site: GNIIPV, LC32/1
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1993-055

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1993-055, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1993-08-31
Period: 103.0 min
Inclination: 82.55°
Apogee: 906 km
Perigee: 891 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0124 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: METEOR 2-21 (NORAD 22782)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit