Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 7 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16146
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 7 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: NOAA 7 DEB
International designator: 1981-059B
Object number (NORAD): 12559
Object ID (CCSDS): 12559
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.381 minutes
Inclination: 98.9325 deg
SMA: 7059.395 km
Apoapsis: 683.903 km
Periapsis: 678.617 km
RAAN: 358.3595 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00037442
Argument of periapsis: 146.256 deg
Mean anomaly: 6.9143 deg
Mean motion: 14.63698294 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006054 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011726882 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 7 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 12559U 81059B 25248.81340385 .00006054 00000-0 11727-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 12559 98.9325 358.3595 0003744 146.2560 6.9143 14.63698294316094
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 7 DEB.
Associated space launch
Third generation LEO meteorological satellite
NOAA 7 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas F | NOAA 7’, on board a Atlas F space rocket.
The launch took place on June 23, 1981, 10:52 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas F | NOAA 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 23, 1981, 10:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas F
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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