Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8573
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: 2002-032AW
Object number (NORAD): 48713
Object ID (CCSDS): 48713
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.492 minutes
Inclination: 98.9665 deg
SMA: 6968.73 km
Apoapsis: 619.041 km
Periapsis: 562.148 km
RAAN: 91.8377 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00408205
Argument of periapsis: 188.2595 deg
Mean anomaly: 171.7954 deg
Mean motion: 14.92355648 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00069518 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.006633549 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48713U 02032AW 25346.25733743 .00069518 00000-0 66335-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 48713 98.9665 91.8377 0040821 188.2595 171.7954 14.92355648252006
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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