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NOAA-16 (designated NOAA-L before launch) is one of the NASA-provided TIROS series of weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. It was launched on 21 September 2000, and is currently operational, in a sun-synchronous orbit, 849 km above the Earth, orbiting every 102 minutes. It hosts the AMSU, AVHRR and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) instruments' APT transmitter. NOAA-16 has the same suite of instruments as carried by NOAA-15 plus an SBUV/2 instrument as well.[1]

NOAA-16's APT has been inoperable due to sensor degradation since November 15, 2000 and High Resolution Picture Transmission has been via STX-1 (1698 MHz) since November 9, 2010.[2]

References

  1. ^ "NOAA-N Prime" (PDF). NP-2008-10-056-GSFC. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ NOAA 16 Spacecraft Status Summary
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