Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8352
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 2002-032AT
Object number (NORAD): 48710
Object ID (CCSDS): 48710
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.06 minutes
Inclination: 98.8528 deg
SMA: 7139.477 km
Apoapsis: 763.531 km
Periapsis: 759.152 km
RAAN: 109.7862 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003067
Argument of periapsis: 293.0078 deg
Mean anomaly: 67.0785 deg
Mean motion: 14.3914048 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003794 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012403 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48710U 02032AT 25125.91599199 .00003794 00000-0 12403-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 48710 98.8528 109.7862 0003067 293.0078 67.0785 14.39140480216309
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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