Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14565
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: 104.598 minutes
Inclination: 71.0041 deg
SMA: 7353.775 km
Apoapsis: 1114.864 km
Periapsis: 836.416 km
RAAN: 1.2227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01893229
Argument of periapsis: 225.0687 deg
Mean anomaly: 133.4926 deg
Mean motion: 13.76693435 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000178 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019783507 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 16389U 85097C 25249.69244838 .00000178 00000-0 19784-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 16389 71.0041 1.2227 0189323 225.0687 133.4926 13.76693435 2076
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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