Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9162
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 16 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: NOAA 16 DEB
International designator: 2000-055AB
Object number (NORAD): 41068
Object ID (CCSDS): 41068
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.922 minutes
Inclination: 99.1428 deg
SMA: 7132.922 km
Apoapsis: 857.742 km
Periapsis: 651.833 km
RAAN: 251.9328 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0144337
Argument of periapsis: 108.6757 deg
Mean anomaly: 253.016 deg
Mean motion: 14.41124513 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000397 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011025 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41068U 00055AB 25294.66015212 .00003970 00000-0 11025-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41068 99.1428 251.9328 0144337 108.6757 253.0160 14.41124513517769
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 16 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NOAA 16 DEB.
Associated space launch
The NOAA K, L and M POES satellites begin the fifth generation of improved environmental monitoring in support of NOAA missions. The instrument payload has significant improvements and additions/deletions. The instrument changes have effected the spacecraft subsystems and data formats.
NOAA 16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Titan II SLV | NOAA 16’, on board a Titan II SLV space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 21, 2000, 10:22 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 4W.
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Titan II SLV | NOAA 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 21, 2000, 10:22 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Titan II SLV
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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