NOAA 16 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9110

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.7

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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: 2000-055FS

Object number (NORAD): 41266

Object ID (CCSDS): 41266

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.005 minutes

Inclination: 98.6703 deg

SMA: 7184.358 km

Apoapsis: 810.532 km

Periapsis: 801.913 km

RAAN: 306.9948 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00059986

Argument of periapsis: 150.7405 deg

Mean anomaly: 209.4112 deg

Mean motion: 14.25676006 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004972 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0021138479 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:18 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 41266U 00055FS 25242.92943082 .00004972 00000-0 21138-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 41266 98.6703 306.9948 0005999 150.7405 209.4112 14.25676006498891

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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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-21 22:53:36	0.000116126	382.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-01-21 18:40:34	0.0001281738	183.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2024-11-10 09:18:58	0.001771426	209.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-11-09 02:09:45	0.0003016101	565.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-25 02:06:11	0.0003819204	881.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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