Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8353
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
Latest
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: 2002-032BQ
Object number (NORAD): 48731
Object ID (CCSDS): 48731
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.009 minutes
Inclination: 98.8031 deg
SMA: 7137.057 km
Apoapsis: 785.777 km
Periapsis: 732.067 km
RAAN: 92.0971 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0037628
Argument of periapsis: 57.1377 deg
Mean anomaly: 303.3423 deg
Mean motion: 14.39872403 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008798 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027889 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 8:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48731U 02032BQ 25126.33511934 .00008798 00000-0 27889-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 48731 98.8031 92.0971 0037628 57.1377 303.3423 14.39872403214554
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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