SL-16 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SL-16 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11951

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

70.4

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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: 1993-016AX

Object number (NORAD): 39873

Object ID (CCSDS): 39873

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.798 minutes

Inclination: 70.3919 deg

SMA: 7127.028 km

Apoapsis: 804.491 km

Periapsis: 693.295 km

RAAN: 243.8639 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00780101

Argument of periapsis: 78.9214 deg

Mean anomaly: 282.0679 deg

Mean motion: 14.42912617 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00010002 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0028945103 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 7:58 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 9:18 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 39873U 93016AX 25344.38757904 .00010002 00000-0 28945-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 39873 70.3919 243.8639 0078010 78.9214 282.0679 14.42912617598174

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Real-time ground track for satellite SL-16 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SL-16 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-08-25 01:30:43	0.0001720319	29.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2082	LEO	2024-12-10 01:34:45	0.0001616514	171.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
IRIDIUM 33	LEO	2024-11-14 19:15:39	0.0007051158	60.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-09-27 13:00:18	0.0003719643	975.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation ELING satellite

SL-16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 13’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.

The launch took place on March 26, 1993, 2:21 a.m. from 45/1.

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 13

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 26, 1993, 2:21 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Zenit-2

Launch pad: 45/1

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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