Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9054
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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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: 2000-055CM
Object number (NORAD): 41154
Object ID (CCSDS): 41154
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.133 minutes
Inclination: 98.7844 deg
SMA: 7237.783 km
Apoapsis: 898.88 km
Periapsis: 820.416 km
RAAN: 205.1159 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0054205
Argument of periapsis: 253.2478 deg
Mean anomaly: 106.274 deg
Mean motion: 14.09919868 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001573 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0009051 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 30, 2025, 5:29 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 30, 2025, 12:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41154U 00055CM 25181.02188740 .00001573 00000-0 90510-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 41154 98.7844 205.1159 0054205 253.2478 106.2740 14.09919868489935
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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