Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8770
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.4
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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: 2001-056M
Object number (NORAD): 35420
Object ID (CCSDS): 35420
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.537 minutes
Inclination: 99.4296 deg
SMA: 7350.887 km
Apoapsis: 990.438 km
Periapsis: 955.065 km
RAAN: 117.6438 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00240606
Argument of periapsis: 38.4362 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.6577 deg
Mean motion: 13.7750496 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000716 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007624409 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35420U 01056M 25346.65345642 .00000716 00000-0 76244-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35420 99.4296 117.6438 0024061 38.4362 333.6577 13.77504960201092
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 DEB.
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 DEB 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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