Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9054
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.2
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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: 2000-055AQ
Object number (NORAD): 41081
Object ID (CCSDS): 41081
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.432 minutes
Inclination: 99.2386 deg
SMA: 7204.616 km
Apoapsis: 925.296 km
Periapsis: 727.665 km
RAAN: 37.2189 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0137156
Argument of periapsis: 215.0596 deg
Mean anomaly: 144.1493 deg
Mean motion: 14.19667148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000857 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038991 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 1 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41081U 00055AQ 25186.54182868 .00000857 00000-0 38991-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 41081 99.2386 37.2189 0137156 215.0596 144.1493 14.19667148496006
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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