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

8415

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

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: 97.741 minutes

Inclination: 98.6932 deg

SMA: 7028.758 km

Apoapsis: 657.95 km

Periapsis: 643.297 km

RAAN: 165.8699 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0010424

Argument of periapsis: 173.3003 deg

Mean anomaly: 186.8344 deg

Mean motion: 14.73278487 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00020152 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0031151 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:56 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:34 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48181U 02032W 25186.89863863 .00020152 00000-0 31151-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 48181 98.6932 165.8699 0010424 173.3003 186.8344 14.73278487224185

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
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-06-13 05:15:10 0.0001125559 183.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB SSO 2024-11-09 00:55:54 0.0002088211 823.0 (m) DEBRIS
GEOSAT SSO 2024-07-28 01:05:48 0.0001048348 289.0 (m) PAYLOAD
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-06-26 12:08:56 0.0001786539 172.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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