Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8999
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: 2000-055JC
Object number (NORAD): 41359
Object ID (CCSDS): 41359
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.367 minutes
Inclination: 98.9408 deg
SMA: 7106.491 km
Apoapsis: 747.232 km
Periapsis: 709.48 km
RAAN: 294.5907 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0026562
Argument of periapsis: 206.4961 deg
Mean anomaly: 153.4875 deg
Mean motion: 14.49172081 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013729 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0035974 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 9:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41359U 00055JC 25130.41008064 .00013729 00000-0 35974-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 41359 98.9408 294.5907 0026562 206.4961 153.4875 14.49172081481549
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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