Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8478
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 2002-032W
Object number (NORAD): 48181
Object ID (CCSDS): 48181
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.468 minutes
Inclination: 98.6952 deg
SMA: 7015.641 km
Apoapsis: 644.24 km
Periapsis: 630.773 km
RAAN: 235.1341 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00095975
Argument of periapsis: 19.6894 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.4683 deg
Mean motion: 14.77412236 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00042151 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0058915115 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48181U 02032W 25251.41264607 .00042151 00000-0 58915-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 48181 98.6952 235.1341 0009597 19.6894 340.4683 14.77412236233697
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.
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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