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: 2000-055TN

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: 100.657 minutes

Inclination: 98.6796 deg

SMA: 7167.84 km

Apoapsis: 795.922 km

Periapsis: 783.487 km

RAAN: 59.551 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00086743

Argument of periapsis: 349.2178 deg

Mean anomaly: 10.8817 deg

Mean motion: 14.30606924 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00008744 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0033610926 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 16 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 42418U 00055TN 25345.44814420 .00008744 00000-0 33611-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 42418 98.6796 59.5510 0008674 349.2178 10.8817 14.30606924504829

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 1867 COOLANT	LEO	2025-06-25 12:20:36	0.0002935952	208.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-06-01 12:30:17	0.0001531242	117.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-4C R/B	SSO	2024-11-28 21:23:49	0.0002490796	122.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A R/B	LEO	2024-10-09 17:10:21	0.0002301191	354.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-08-16 19:42:58	0.0001251736	50.0 (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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