2000 · United States Air Force
NOAA 16
successTitan II SLV | NOAA 16
The NOAA K, L and M POES satellites begin the fifth generation of improved environmental monitoring in support of NOAA missions. The instrument payload has significant improvements and additions/deletions. The instrument changes have effected the spacecraft subsystems and data formats.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 21, 2000 at 10:22 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W
- Mission
- NOAA 16
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit