Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8467
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
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: 2002-032BC
Object number (NORAD): 48719
Object ID (CCSDS): 48719
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.507 minutes
Inclination: 98.4129 deg
SMA: 7396.281 km
Apoapsis: 1257.205 km
Periapsis: 779.086 km
RAAN: 345.564 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03232159
Argument of periapsis: 199.7547 deg
Mean anomaly: 159.0841 deg
Mean motion: 13.64842972 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000946 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00085258701 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 27, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 27, 2025, 1:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48719U 02032BC 25239.54373661 .00000946 00000-0 85259-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 48719 98.4129 345.5640 0323216 199.7547 159.0841 13.64842972221313
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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