Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9053
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: 2000-055TN
Object number (NORAD): 42418
Object ID (CCSDS): 42418
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.78 minutes
Inclination: 98.6885 deg
SMA: 7173.699 km
Apoapsis: 804.919 km
Periapsis: 786.21 km
RAAN: 259.0651 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001304
Argument of periapsis: 106.8282 deg
Mean anomaly: 253.433 deg
Mean motion: 14.28854554 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001242 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 11:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42418U 00055TN 25184.47183423 .00003092 00000-0 12420-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 42418 98.6885 259.0651 0013040 106.8282 253.4330 14.28854554481827
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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