NOAA 16 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9214

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: 2000-055SE

Object number (NORAD): 42386

Object ID (CCSDS): 42386

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.424 minutes

Inclination: 98.6928 deg

SMA: 7156.779 km

Apoapsis: 791.283 km

Periapsis: 766.005 km

RAAN: 72.0685 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00176606

Argument of periapsis: 333.7605 deg

Mean anomaly: 26.2683 deg

Mean motion: 14.33924748 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007007 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0025232731 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:40 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 1:32 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 42386U 00055SE 25344.06426274 .00007007 00000-0 25233-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 42386 98.6928 72.0685 0017661 333.7605 26.2683 14.33924748508222

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1850	LEO	2025-08-24 04:15:40	0.00010557	262.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-07-27 19:26:09	0.0004467909	907.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-07-15 17:05:56	0.0001177727	275.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251	LEO	2025-04-25 01:42:08	0.000118718	497.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-02-17 14:20:11	0.0001843368	612.0 (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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