NOAA 16

NORAD 26536 · Payload · In orbit since 2000

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Launched: 2000-09-21 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,403 kg
Size: 4.2 × 1.9 m · 7 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 839 × 853 km
Inclination: 98.5°
Period: 101.7 min
Eccentricity: 0.0010
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).