Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9220
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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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: 2000-055TA
Object number (NORAD): 42406
Object ID (CCSDS): 42406
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.424 minutes
Inclination: 98.5939 deg
SMA: 7204.235 km
Apoapsis: 838.824 km
Periapsis: 813.376 km
RAAN: 42.0578 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00176615
Argument of periapsis: 137.8163 deg
Mean anomaly: 222.4376 deg
Mean motion: 14.19779666 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001927 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00092823932 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 9:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42406U 00055TA 25345.39662435 .00001927 00000-0 92824-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 42406 98.5939 42.0578 0017662 137.8163 222.4376 14.19779666502366
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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