Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 12 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12531
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 12 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: NOAA 12 DEB
International designator: 1991-032E
Object number (NORAD): 37832
Object ID (CCSDS): 37832
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.854 minutes
Inclination: 98.3015 deg
SMA: 7081.986 km
Apoapsis: 708.312 km
Periapsis: 699.39 km
RAAN: 302.227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006299
Argument of periapsis: 282.5311 deg
Mean anomaly: 257.433 deg
Mean motion: 14.56700031 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007073 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015921848 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 12 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37832U 91032E 25245.92794639 .00007073 00000-0 15922-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 37832 98.3015 302.2270 0006299 282.5311 257.4330 14.56700031730927
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 12 DEB.
Associated space launch
Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite
NOAA 12 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas E | NOAA 12’, on board a Atlas E space rocket.
The launch took place on May 14, 1991, 3:52 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas E | NOAA 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 14, 1991, 3:52 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas E
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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