In orbitDebris

NOAA 16 DEB

NORAD: 41165
COSPAR: 2000-055CY

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Spacecraft

Owner: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S41165, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2000-09-21
Rocket: Titan II SLV
Flight: NOAA 16
Mission name: NOAA L
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC4W
Launched by: 2SLS/AFSMC
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2000-055

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2000-055, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2000-09-21
Period: 100.7 min
Inclination: 98.60°
Apogee: 806 km
Perigee: 777 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0287 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: NOAA 16 (NORAD 26536)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris458 in total, 353 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit