Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9165
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: 2000-055QG
Object number (NORAD): 42340
Object ID (CCSDS): 42340
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.869 minutes
Inclination: 99.0223 deg
SMA: 7130.421 km
Apoapsis: 774.352 km
Periapsis: 730.219 km
RAAN: 81.5456 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030947
Argument of periapsis: 228.8266 deg
Mean anomaly: 131.0252 deg
Mean motion: 14.41882991 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018464 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0056093627 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 3:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42340U 00055QG 25295.63425175 .00018464 00000-0 56094-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 42340 99.0223 81.5456 0030947 228.8266 131.0252 14.41882991497692
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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