Key statistics
Satellite SL-18 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11951
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
75.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-18 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: SL-18 DEB
International designator: 1993-014D
Object number (NORAD): 22568
Object ID (CCSDS): 22568
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.67 minutes
Inclination: 75.7482 deg
SMA: 7120.943 km
Apoapsis: 847.368 km
Periapsis: 638.248 km
RAAN: 26.8807 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01468345
Argument of periapsis: 226.158 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.7144 deg
Mean motion: 14.44762661 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003721 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00094284918 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, 3:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-18 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 22568U 93014D 25346.16181312 .00003721 00000-0 94285-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 22568 75.7482 26.8807 0146835 226.1580 189.7144 14.44762661707548
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-18 DEB.
Associated space launch
EKA 1 and 2 were vehicle evaluation payloads on the maiden flights of the Start-1 and Start launch vehicles.
SL-18 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Start-1 | EKA-1’, on board a Start-1 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 25, 1993, 1:15 p.m. from 158.
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Start-1 | EKA-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 25, 1993, 1:15 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Start-1
Launch pad: 158
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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