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

8470

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.8

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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: 2002-032AU

Object number (NORAD): 48711

Object ID (CCSDS): 48711

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.692 minutes

Inclination: 98.786 deg

SMA: 7169.513 km

Apoapsis: 835.823 km

Periapsis: 746.932 km

RAAN: 184.0666 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00619928

Argument of periapsis: 148.5352 deg

Mean anomaly: 211.9561 deg

Mean motion: 14.30106298 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00003517 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0013487537 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 26, 2025, 4:03 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 25, 2025, 3:51 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48711U 02032AU 25237.66055452 .00003517 00000-0 13488-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 48711 98.7860 184.0666 0061993 148.5352 211.9561 14.30106298228650

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
IRIDIUM 17 LEO 2025-08-20 17:09:22 0.0001212651 486.0 (m) PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-07-28 09:32:32 0.0001254218 196.0 (m) DEBRIS
METEOR 1-5 DEB LEO 2025-05-16 07:21:44 0.0001130763 169.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B LEO 2025-03-21 06:51:54 0.0001737174 388.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-02-14 23:35:07 0.0002090591 113.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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