United States Air Force
NOAA 16
Titan II SLV
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, September 21, 2000 · 10:22 UTC
Mission
/01The 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.
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Titan II SLV
Variant: 23G
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.633° N, 120.616° W
90
Pad Launches
603
Location Launches
1027
Agency Launches
57
Orbital This Year