NOAA-16
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NOAA-16 is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. It was launched on 21 September 2000, and is currently operational, in a sun-synchronous orbit, 849km above the Earth, orbiting every 102 minutes. It hosts the AMSU, AVHRR and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) instruments.
This satellite has no operational APT transmitter - it was decommissioned 15 Nov 2000.