SL-16 R/B
Launch
Launched on Apr 23, 1994 from 45/1, Kazakhstan aboard a Zenit-2.
Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 15 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 12:17 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 23, 1994
Mass
—
Apogee
850 km
Perigee
845 km
Inclination
71.00°
Period
1.70 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SL-16 R/B across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
845 × 850 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 1994-023 (Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 15).
- COSMOS 2278 · 23087
Sources & further reading
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