Key statistics
Satellite SL-16 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
11950
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: 101.212 minutes
Inclination: 71.0075 deg
SMA: 7194.169 km
Apoapsis: 821.165 km
Periapsis: 810.903 km
RAAN: 335.2823 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007132
Argument of periapsis: 28.5306 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.2411 deg
Mean motion: 14.22760601 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001439 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066300607 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 5:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SL-16 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 42255U 93016DK 25345.22933876 .00001439 00000-0 66301-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 42255 71.0075 335.2823 0007132 28.5306 348.2411 14.22760601624300
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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