Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 7 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
16085
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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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: 1981-059F
Object number (NORAD): 24914
Object ID (CCSDS): 24914
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.829 minutes
Inclination: 98.5208 deg
SMA: 7128.504 km
Apoapsis: 766.042 km
Periapsis: 734.695 km
RAAN: 236.4899 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021987
Argument of periapsis: 85.1249 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.2451 deg
Mean motion: 14.42464664 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000051 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016678 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 5:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 7 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 24914U 81059F 25187.72614842 .00000510 00000-0 16678-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 24914 98.5208 236.4899 0021987 85.1249 275.2451 14.42464664455024
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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