NOAA 17

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 17 at a glance.

Uptime

8412

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 17.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: NOAA 17

International designator: 2002-032A

Object number (NORAD): 27453

Object ID (CCSDS): 27453

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.98 minutes

Inclination: 98.8136 deg

SMA: 7183.189 km

Apoapsis: 812.595 km

Periapsis: 797.513 km

RAAN: 143.2818 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0010498

Argument of periapsis: 280.6029 deg

Mean anomaly: 79.3968 deg

Mean motion: 14.26024022 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000107 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000063694 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 4, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 3:46 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17

TLE line 1: 1 27453U 02032A 25185.65707148 .00000107 00000-0 63694-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 27453 98.8136 143.2818 0010498 280.6029 79.3968 14.26024022197466

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 17.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NOAA 17.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-05-24 10:46:37 0.0003186319 869.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-05-15 07:08:12 0.0006107306 397.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 17 DEB SSO 2025-02-26 18:16:53 0.000208103 951.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-09-23 03:09:15 0.0001710136 848.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-08-14 14:34:14 0.0001569409 595.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

NOAA M carried weather imagers and microwave and infrared sounders, as well as a SARSAT search-and-rescue package. It had an on-orbit mass of 1475 kg.

NOAA 17 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Titan II SLV | NOAA 17’, on board a Titan II SLV space rocket.

The launch took place on June 24, 2002, 6:23 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4W.

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Launch to space Titan II SLV | NOAA 17
Titan II SLV | NOAA 17

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 24, 2002, 6:23 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Titan II SLV

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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