NOAA 17 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

8413

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: 99.464 minutes

Inclination: 98.8573 deg

SMA: 7111.12 km

Apoapsis: 739.089 km

Periapsis: 726.882 km

RAAN: 179.3967 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0008583

Argument of periapsis: 203.2898 deg

Mean anomaly: 156.7906 deg

Mean motion: 14.47757158 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005711 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.001557 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, 10:53 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48178U 02032T 25186.45416380 .00005711 00000-0 15570-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 48178 98.8573 179.3967 0008583 203.2898 156.7906 14.47757158223716

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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Launch to space Titan II SLV | NOAA 17
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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