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

8476

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: 2002-032U

Object number (NORAD): 48179

Object ID (CCSDS): 48179

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.292 minutes

Inclination: 98.8621 deg

SMA: 7102.909 km

Apoapsis: 753.411 km

Periapsis: 696.136 km

RAAN: 274.0758 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00403179

Argument of periapsis: 149.686 deg

Mean anomaly: 210.6677 deg

Mean motion: 14.50268498 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004571 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0011737269 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:38 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:55 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48179U 02032U 25248.33032533 .00004571 00000-0 11737-2 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 48179 98.8621 274.0758 0040318 149.6860 210.6677 14.50268498234283

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
PEGASUS DEB LEO 2024-11-10 09:29:43 0.0005354683 198.0 (m) DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 17 LEO 2024-09-28 04:10:32 0.0001097544 954.0 (m) PAYLOAD
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2024-09-24 18:00:22 0.0001966782 548.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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