Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
11846
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 1993-016DK
Object number (NORAD): 42255
Object ID (CCSDS): 42255
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.233 minutes
Inclination: 71.0066 deg
SMA: 7195.157 km
Apoapsis: 824.409 km
Periapsis: 809.635 km
RAAN: 195.5283 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00102664
Argument of periapsis: 221.3894 deg
Mean anomaly: 316.5317 deg
Mean motion: 14.22467422 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001031 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048353431 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 42255U 93016DK 25241.61727948 .00001031 00000-0 48353-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 42255 71.0066 195.5283 0010266 221.3894 316.5317 14.22467422609563
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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