Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10693
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: 1996-051C
Object number (NORAD): 24299
Object ID (CCSDS): 24299
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.665 minutes
Inclination: 71.0378 deg
SMA: 7356.916 km
Apoapsis: 1119.928 km
Periapsis: 837.634 km
RAAN: 80.6937 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01918558
Argument of periapsis: 280.9847 deg
Mean anomaly: 76.9727 deg
Mean motion: 13.75811884 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000103 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013259652 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 24299U 96051C 25347.66812322 .00000103 00000-0 13260-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 24299 71.0378 80.6937 0191856 280.9847 76.9727 13.75811884469200
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 DEB.
Associated space launch
Second generation ELING satellite
SL-16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 18’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 4, 1996, 9:01 a.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 4, 1996, 9:01 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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