Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
14092
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: 1987-027F
Object number (NORAD): 18550
Object ID (CCSDS): 18550
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.408 minutes
Inclination: 71.0229 deg
SMA: 7344.86 km
Apoapsis: 1098.315 km
Periapsis: 835.135 km
RAAN: 290.9866 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01791598
Argument of periapsis: 69.0 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.0167 deg
Mean motion: 13.79200762 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019219645 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 8:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18550U 87027F 25288.87449292 .00000180 00000-0 19220-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 18550 71.0229 290.9866 0179160 69.0000 293.0167 13.79200762940290
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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