Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9110
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 2000-055PA
Object number (NORAD): 41661
Object ID (CCSDS): 41661
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.963 minutes
Inclination: 99.0427 deg
SMA: 7134.865 km
Apoapsis: 771.906 km
Periapsis: 741.553 km
RAAN: 59.511 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00212708
Argument of periapsis: 26.7867 deg
Mean anomaly: 333.4413 deg
Mean motion: 14.40536136 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007222 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0022752116 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 5:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 41661U 00055PA 25241.24018556 .00007222 00000-0 22752-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 41661 99.0427 59.5110 0021271 26.7867 333.4413 14.40536136485620
Live tracking on map
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.
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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