NOAA 17 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

8474

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.9

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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: 2002-032T

Object number (NORAD): 48178

Object ID (CCSDS): 48178

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.41 minutes

Inclination: 98.862 deg

SMA: 7108.515 km

Apoapsis: 738.888 km

Periapsis: 721.872 km

RAAN: 242.0352 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00119686

Argument of periapsis: 45.026 deg

Mean anomaly: 315.19 deg

Mean motion: 14.48553123 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00020336 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0054051103 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:19 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48178U 02032T 25246.22202431 .00020336 00000-0 54051-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 48178 98.8620 242.0352 0011969 45.0260 315.1900 14.48553123232365

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 17 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NOAA 17 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DELTA 1 DEB	LEO	2025-06-26 20:59:58	0.0001085646	90.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1238	LEO	2025-03-11 10:10:43	0.0001199137	740.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-09-27 10:28:56	0.0001148488	264.0 (m)	DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 44	LEO	2024-08-08 02:11:36	0.0002016205	617.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 1867	LEO	2024-07-11 00:01:33	0.0002415893	282.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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