NOAA-16

NOAA-16
	NOAA-L before launch
Names	NOAA-L
Mission type	Weather
Operator	NOAA
COSPAR ID	2000-055A
SATCAT no.	26536
Mission duration	2 years (planned); 13.75 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	TIROS
Bus	Advanced TIROS-N
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	2,232 kg (4,921 lb)
Dry mass	1,479 kg (3,261 lb)
Power	833 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	21 September 2000,; 10:22:00 UTC
Rocket	Titan 23G Star-37XFP-ISS; (Titan 23G S/N G-13)
Launch site	Vandenberg, SLC-4W
Contractor	Lockheed Martin
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Deactivated	9 June 2014
Destroyed	25 November 2015
Last contact	6 June 2014
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude	843 km (524 mi)
Apogee altitude	850 km (530 mi)
Inclination	98.80°
Period	102.10 minutes
AVHRR/3
Instruments
AVHRR/3	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
HIRS/3	High Resolution Infrared Sounder
SEM-2	Space Environment Monitor
Argos DCS-2	Data Collection System
SARSAT	Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System
SBUV/2	Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
AMSU-A	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
AMSU-B	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B
	TIROS program ← NOAA-15 NOAA-17 →

NOAA-16, also known as NOAA-L before launch, was an operational, polar orbiting, weather satellite series (NOAA K-N) operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-16 continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft that began with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983; but it had additional new and improved instrumentation over the NOAA A-K series and a new launch vehicle (Titan 23G).^[5] It was launched on 21 September 2000 and, following an unknown anomaly, it was decommissioned on 9 June 2014. In November of 2015 it broke up in orbit, creating more than 200 pieces of debris.

^ Krebs, Gunter. "NOAA 15, 16, 17 (NOAA K, L, M)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Satellite: NOAA 16". World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Trajectory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Display: NOAA-16 2000-055A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Krebs, Gunter. "NOAA 15, 16, 17 (NOAA K, L, M)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[WMO-2] "Satellite: NOAA 16". World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[launchlog-3] McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[Trajectory-4] Cite error: The named reference Trajectory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Display-5] "Display: NOAA-16 2000-055A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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