NOAA-16

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.

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mass 2232 kilogram, 
Lockheed Martin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

2000 NOAA-16

2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

destruction

2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2014-06-09T00:00:00Z

2014-06-09T00:00:00Z

spacecraft decommissioning

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Frameless

Onil 02 oct 2004 0928Z

NOAA-L satellite tilted in Vandenberg AFB clean room

Heavy blue band shows flooding along the Mississippi River. (Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS Operational Significant Event Imagery)

Tropical Cyclone 01A 24 may 2001 0936Z

Hurricane Adolph 29May2001

TS Cosme 13 july 2001 1926Z

Chantal 20 aug 2001 1935Z

TS Chantal 21 aug 2001 1924Z

TS Dean 27 aug 2001 1644Z

Hurricane Felix 13 sept 2001 1703Z

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