NOAA 17 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

8518

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.7

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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: 2002-032BJ

Object number (NORAD): 48725

Object ID (CCSDS): 48725

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.73 minutes

Inclination: 98.6991 deg

SMA: 7123.772 km

Apoapsis: 788.84 km

Periapsis: 702.435 km

RAAN: 227.8425 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00606455

Argument of periapsis: 355.2694 deg

Mean anomaly: 4.7915 deg

Mean motion: 14.43902004 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00019418 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0055652581 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 6:23 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 6:29 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48725U 02032BJ 25288.27022008 .00019418 00000-0 55653-2 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 48725 98.6991 227.8425 0060646 355.2694 4.7915 14.43902004237348

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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
CZ-4C R/B	SSO	2025-10-04 10:10:15	0.0001332012	640.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
TRIAD 1	SSO	2025-04-14 08:09:33	0.0001007061	513.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
NOAA 8	SSO	2025-02-28 03:33:19	0.0001802185	803.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 494	LEO	2024-11-11 11:18:38	0.0001485444	512.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-11-08 22:14:39	0.0001073004	268.0 (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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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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