Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 12 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12534
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: 100.652 minutes
Inclination: 98.4957 deg
SMA: 7167.615 km
Apoapsis: 793.904 km
Periapsis: 785.056 km
RAAN: 235.2858 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00061719
Argument of periapsis: 102.0317 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.1558 deg
Mean motion: 14.30674205 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000572 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023516445 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 5:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 12 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38547U 91032G 25248.71859164 .00000572 00000-0 23516-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 38547 98.4957 235.2858 0006172 102.0317 258.1558 14.30674205722539
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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