Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SL-16 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SL-16 R/B
International designator: 2001-056F
Object number (NORAD): 27006
Object ID (CCSDS): 27006
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.027 minutes
Inclination: 99.754 deg
SMA: 7373.827 km
Apoapsis: 1006.311 km
Periapsis: 985.074 km
RAAN: 90.6578 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00143999
Argument of periapsis: 354.4554 deg
Mean anomaly: 114.5457 deg
Mean motion: 13.71081647 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000029541725 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 11:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27006U 01056F 25291.97760561 -.00000020 00000-0 29542-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 27006 99.7540 90.6578 0014400 354.4554 114.5457 13.71081647193777
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 R/B.
Associated space launch
Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.
SL-16 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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