Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8285
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.8
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: 2002-032AD
Object number (NORAD): 48612
Object ID (CCSDS): 48612
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Feb. 28, 2025
Period: 91.246 minutes
Inclination: 98.6529 deg
SMA: 6713.813 km
Apoapsis: 342.161 km
Periapsis: 329.194 km
RAAN: 83.9851 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009657
Argument of periapsis: 194.565 deg
Mean anomaly: 165.5336 deg
Mean motion: 15.78152307 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.04211581 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.021162 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 22, 2025, 3:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 22, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48612U 02032AD 25053.54763246 .04211581 00000-0 21162-1 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 48612 98.6529 83.9851 0009657 194.5650 165.5336 15.78152307206638
Live tracking on map
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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