This post is part of a series on understanding the meaning behind the values contained in a Two Line Element set, or Keplerian Elements. The main article is here.

Satellite Name

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This is simply the common name of the satellite. It can be up to 24 characters long.

Examples:

VANGUARD 1
DELTA 1 R/B
FENGYUN 1C DEB
ISS (ZARYA)
ISS DEB (TOOL BAG)
IRIDIUM 33 DEB