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

8574

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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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: 2002-032AX

Object number (NORAD): 48714

Object ID (CCSDS): 48714

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 93.77 minutes

Inclination: 98.4498 deg

SMA: 6837.082 km

Apoapsis: 472.252 km

Periapsis: 445.642 km

RAAN: 312.5168 deg

Eccentricy: 0.001946

Argument of periapsis: 97.8276 deg

Mean anomaly: 262.5175 deg

Mean motion: 15.35665307 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00475568 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.012837 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 8:36 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48714U 02032AX 25345.85836624 .00475568 00000-0 12837-1 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 48714 98.4498 312.5168 0019460 97.8276 262.5175 15.35665307249849

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
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2024-09-25 07:59:23 0.0001037878 408.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2024-06-16 10:12:47 0.000487514 18.0 (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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