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    NOAA 16
            Launch Details
            
                
        
                    | Launched | 20 September 2000 | 
| Flight ended | – | 
| Status | Non-operational | 
| Category | NOAA | 
| Launch site | Air Force Western Test Range, California, USA | 
| Owner | United States | 
| NORAD ID | 26536 | 
| COSPAR ID | 2000-055A | 
| Observing | 
Current orbital elements
| Inclination | 98.480° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.00094 | 
| RA ascending node | 21.585 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 240.919° | 
| Mean anomaly | 119.104° | 
| Orbital period | 101.850 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 29 Oct 2025, 11:10 | 
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