Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
13931
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
71.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-16 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-16 R/B
International designator: 1987-027B
Object number (NORAD): 17590
Object ID (CCSDS): 17590
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.615 minutes
Inclination: 71.0031 deg
SMA: 7213.272 km
Apoapsis: 840.177 km
Periapsis: 830.098 km
RAAN: 200.8047 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006986
Argument of periapsis: 240.6957 deg
Mean anomaly: 119.3469 deg
Mean motion: 14.17112284 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000017 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000060718 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 17590U 87027B 25127.91469503 -.00000170 00000-0 -60718-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 17590 71.0031 200.8047 0006986 240.6957 119.3469 14.17112284972067
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-16 R/B.
Associated space launch
Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite
SL-16 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 18, 1987, 8:30 a.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 18, 1987, 8:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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