Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14048
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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: 1987-027D
Object number (NORAD): 18417
Object ID (CCSDS): 18417
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.759 minutes
Inclination: 70.999 deg
SMA: 7361.313 km
Apoapsis: 1132.606 km
Periapsis: 833.75 km
RAAN: 189.5217 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02029908
Argument of periapsis: 326.8141 deg
Mean anomaly: 88.6491 deg
Mean motion: 13.74579304 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000225 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024422434 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 9:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18417U 87027D 25244.90465248 .00000225 00000-0 24422-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 18417 70.9990 189.5217 0202991 326.8141 88.6491 13.74579304927904
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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 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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