Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9118
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 2000-055TH
Object number (NORAD): 42413
Object ID (CCSDS): 42413
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.795 minutes
Inclination: 98.9244 deg
SMA: 7126.89 km
Apoapsis: 765.088 km
Periapsis: 732.422 km
RAAN: 41.2462 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00229177
Argument of periapsis: 242.957 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.9279 deg
Mean motion: 14.42954553 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009178 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002745892 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 8:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42413U 00055TH 25250.36399489 .00009178 00000-0 27459-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 42413 98.9244 41.2462 0022918 242.9570 116.9279 14.42954553494624
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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