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
71.1
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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: 1993-016CT
Object number (NORAD): 42239
Object ID (CCSDS): 42239
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.728 minutes
Inclination: 71.123 deg
SMA: 7123.678 km
Apoapsis: 807.047 km
Periapsis: 684.038 km
RAAN: 274.686 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0086338
Argument of periapsis: 180.9965 deg
Mean anomaly: 179.1016 deg
Mean motion: 14.4393076 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013735 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00385 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 11:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 12:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42239U 93016CT 25343.54027523 .00013735 00000-0 38500-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 42239 71.1230 274.6860 0086338 180.9965 179.1016 14.43930760907092
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 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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