Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8477
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 2002-032AG
Object number (NORAD): 48615
Object ID (CCSDS): 48615
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.44 minutes
Inclination: 98.957 deg
SMA: 6966.219 km
Apoapsis: 599.965 km
Periapsis: 576.203 km
RAAN: 319.6024 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00170553
Argument of periapsis: 179.6205 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.5027 deg
Mean motion: 14.93162544 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00059856 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0056789551 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48615U 02032AG 25250.15625863 .00059856 00000-0 56790-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 48615 98.9570 319.6024 0017055 179.6205 180.5027 14.93162544237304
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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