Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9057
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 2000-055TB
Object number (NORAD): 42407
Object ID (CCSDS): 42407
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.382 minutes
Inclination: 98.9702 deg
SMA: 7059.423 km
Apoapsis: 686.725 km
Periapsis: 675.851 km
RAAN: 350.7378 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007702
Argument of periapsis: 320.5363 deg
Mean anomaly: 39.5275 deg
Mean motion: 14.63689485 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00021381 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0041046 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42407U 00055TB 25186.40165155 .00021381 00000-0 41046-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 42407 98.9702 350.7378 0007702 320.5363 39.5275 14.63689485479325
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Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 16 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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