Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9000
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 2000-055BP
Object number (NORAD): 41132
Object ID (CCSDS): 41132
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.045 minutes
Inclination: 98.8519 deg
SMA: 7091.138 km
Apoapsis: 737.627 km
Periapsis: 688.378 km
RAAN: 281.3366 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034726
Argument of periapsis: 138.9078 deg
Mean anomaly: 221.4742 deg
Mean motion: 14.53881083 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012858 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0030406 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 4:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41132U 00055BP 25132.68470709 .00012858 00000-0 30406-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41132 98.8519 281.3366 0034726 138.9078 221.4742 14.53881083491287
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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