Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10644
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: 1996-051E
Object number (NORAD): 24301
Object ID (CCSDS): 24301
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.915 minutes
Inclination: 70.9919 deg
SMA: 7368.605 km
Apoapsis: 1142.081 km
Periapsis: 838.859 km
RAAN: 249.3888 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02057524
Argument of periapsis: 149.2366 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.8607 deg
Mean motion: 13.72539532 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000101 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013386712 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 10:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 24301U 96051E 25298.92712123 .00000101 00000-0 13387-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 24301 70.9919 249.3888 0205752 149.2366 270.8607 13.72539532458828
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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