NOAA-16
From Spacefaring
Q4044978
NOAA-16, also known as NOAA-L before launch, was an operational, polar orbiting, weather satellite series 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. It was launched on 21 September 2000 and, following an unknown anomaly, it was decommissioned on 9 June 2014. In November 2015 it broke up in orbit, creating more than 200 pieces of debris.
{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| commons | image | Onil 02 oct 2004 0928Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | NOAA-L satellite tilted in Vandenberg AFB clean room | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Heavy blue band shows flooding along the Mississippi River. (Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS Operational Significant Event Imagery) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tropical Cyclone 01A 24 may 2001 0936Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Hurricane Adolph 29May2001 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | TS Cosme 13 july 2001 1926Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Chantal 20 aug 2001 1935Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | TS Chantal 21 aug 2001 1924Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | TS Dean 27 aug 2001 1644Z | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Hurricane Felix 13 sept 2001 1703Z | Commons | ||









