Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 12 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12473
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 12 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: NOAA 12 DEB
International designator: 1991-032G
Object number (NORAD): 38547
Object ID (CCSDS): 38547
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.655 minutes
Inclination: 98.4878 deg
SMA: 7167.764 km
Apoapsis: 792.347 km
Periapsis: 786.911 km
RAAN: 174.2115 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003792
Argument of periapsis: 298.173 deg
Mean anomaly: 61.907 deg
Mean motion: 14.30629594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000253 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011317 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 4:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 12 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38547U 91032G 25186.19364769 .00000253 00000-0 11317-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 38547 98.4878 174.2115 0003792 298.1730 61.9070 14.30629594713596
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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