Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14663
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
71.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-16 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: SL-16 DEB
International designator: 1985-097C
Object number (NORAD): 16389
Object ID (CCSDS): 16389
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.596 minutes
Inclination: 70.9985 deg
SMA: 7353.653 km
Apoapsis: 1112.044 km
Periapsis: 838.992 km
RAAN: 170.8847 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01856576
Argument of periapsis: 86.7808 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.4516 deg
Mean motion: 13.76727695 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000168 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018861154 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 16389U 85097C 25346.25549696 .00000168 00000-0 18861-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 16389 70.9985 170.8847 0185658 86.7808 275.4516 13.76727695 15360
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-16 DEB.
Associated space launch
Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite
SL-16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 22, 1985, 7 a.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 22, 1985, 7 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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