Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9114
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 2000-055HE
Object number (NORAD): 41302
Object ID (CCSDS): 41302
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.203 minutes
Inclination: 98.7312 deg
SMA: 7193.764 km
Apoapsis: 828.914 km
Periapsis: 802.344 km
RAAN: 304.5538 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00184669
Argument of periapsis: 320.8805 deg
Mean anomaly: 39.1037 deg
Mean motion: 14.22880664 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008279 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0036937679 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 9:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41302U 00055HE 25245.39662089 .00008279 00000-0 36938-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 41302 98.7312 304.5538 0018467 320.8805 39.1037 14.22880664498041
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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