Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 12 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12470
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 1991-032F
Object number (NORAD): 38546
Object ID (CCSDS): 38546
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.075 minutes
Inclination: 98.3542 deg
SMA: 7140.225 km
Apoapsis: 769.231 km
Periapsis: 754.949 km
RAAN: 179.6941 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010001
Argument of periapsis: 234.5445 deg
Mean anomaly: 188.3889 deg
Mean motion: 14.38914318 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000874 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029738 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 5:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 12 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38546U 91032F 25184.22957500 .00000874 00000-0 29738-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 38546 98.3542 179.6941 0010001 234.5445 188.3889 14.38914318708973
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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