Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8520
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
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: 2002-032AP
Object number (NORAD): 48706
Object ID (CCSDS): 48706
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.234 minutes
Inclination: 98.9224 deg
SMA: 7195.245 km
Apoapsis: 890.301 km
Periapsis: 743.919 km
RAAN: 231.5077 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01017211
Argument of periapsis: 131.0198 deg
Mean anomaly: 229.9829 deg
Mean motion: 14.22441315 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008737 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0037339474 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 14, 2025, 2:50 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 13, 2025, 6:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48706U 02032AP 25286.78553186 .00008737 00000-0 37339-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 48706 98.9224 231.5077 0101721 131.0198 229.9829 14.22441315232130
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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