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NOAA 16 Spacecraft Status Summary

Spacecraft Mission Data

Spacecraft Letter:
L  International Designation: 2000 055A 
Catalog Number:
 26536 
Launch Date: 09/21/2000  Operational Date: 03/20/2001 Operational Status: PM Secondary
Notes:
 29Jul08: SAR RXs 121 & 243 MHz disconnected due to failure. The approx. time of the disconnects are 15:45:46z for the 121 RX and 15:46:40z for the 243 RX
 
GAC:
Yes 
HRPT:
 Yes  STX-2/MSB  1702.5 MHz 
LAC:
No 
APT:
 No  Inoperable   
 
LTAN:
16:57:00Inclination Angle:99.0(Deg) Altitude:849(Km) 
  Precession Rate:+4.5(min/month)  Period:102.1(minutes) 


Subsystem Status:

Subsystem
Description
Status
ADACSAttitude Determination and Control SystemYellow
AMSU-A1Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A1Yellow
AMSU-A2Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A2Green
AMSU-BAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit -BGreen
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resoution RadiometerYellow
CCSCommand & Control SystemGreen
COMMCommunications SystemGreen
DCSData Collection SystemGreen
DHSData Handling SystemYellow
DPLYDeployment System 
EPSElectrical Power SystemGreen
FSWFlight Software 
GROUNDPolar Acquisition and Command System (PACS) 
HIRSHigh Resolution Infrared Radiation SounderYellow
RCSReaction Control Subsystem 
SARPSearch and Rescue ProcessorGreen
SARRSearch and Rescue RepeaterYellow
SBUVSolar Backscatter Ultraviolet RadiometerYellow
SEMSpace Environment MonitorGreen
THERMThermal Control SystemGreen

Click on the subsystem name to get detailed status for that subsystem.

Status Key
Status Color Meaning
GREEN
=
 Operational (or capable of)
YELLOW
=
 Operational with limitations (or Standby)

ORANGE
=
 Operational with Degraded Performance

RED
=
 Not Operational
BLANK
=
 No Status Reported

 

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