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

8414

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

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: 2002-032BG

Object number (NORAD): 48723

Object ID (CCSDS): 48723

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.674 minutes

Inclination: 98.7919 deg

SMA: 7121.096 km

Apoapsis: 758.213 km

Periapsis: 727.709 km

RAAN: 160.6636 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0021418

Argument of periapsis: 198.8208 deg

Mean anomaly: 161.2192 deg

Mean motion: 14.44716193 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004856 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0014088 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:48 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48723U 02032BG 25187.15874162 .00004856 00000-0 14088-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 48723 98.7919 160.6636 0021418 198.8208 161.2192 14.44716193224391

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 2251 DEB LEO 2024-09-26 20:27:50 0.0001985613 866.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-09-26 16:05:24 0.0003369486 681.0 (m) DEBRIS
RITE TARGET 1 SSO 2024-07-26 12:50:39 0.0006558226 187.0 (m) PAYLOAD

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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