Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 at a glance.
Uptime
8350
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: 100.982 minutes
Inclination: 98.8099 deg
SMA: 7183.274 km
Apoapsis: 814.317 km
Periapsis: 795.961 km
RAAN: 81.1837 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012777
Argument of periapsis: 97.0892 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.174 deg
Mean motion: 14.25998714 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000032 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015273 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17
TLE line 1: 1 27453U 02032A 25123.91172338 .00000320 00000-0 15273-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 27453 98.8099 81.1837 0012777 97.0892 263.1740 14.25998714188654
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.
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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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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