Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8512
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 17 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: NOAA 17 DEB
International designator: 2002-032R
Object number (NORAD): 48176
Object ID (CCSDS): 48176
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Oct. 13, 2025
Period: 93.51 minutes
Inclination: 98.6589 deg
SMA: 6824.417 km
Apoapsis: 449.351 km
Periapsis: 443.213 km
RAAN: 295.928 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004497
Argument of periapsis: 149.9498 deg
Mean anomaly: 210.2003 deg
Mean motion: 15.39942196 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00634177 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.014853 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 28, 2025, 12:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48176U 02032R 25271.03800245 .00634177 00000-0 14853-1 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 48176 98.6589 295.9280 0004497 149.9498 210.2003 15.39942196240379
Live tracking on map
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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 DEB 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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