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

8478

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.1

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: 2002-032BV

Object number (NORAD): 48736

Object ID (CCSDS): 48736

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.182 minutes

Inclination: 98.7356 deg

SMA: 6905.528 km

Apoapsis: 535.872 km

Periapsis: 518.914 km

RAAN: 304.3839 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00122784

Argument of periapsis: 40.2928 deg

Mean anomaly: 319.9207 deg

Mean motion: 15.12890179 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0009826 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.005506198 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:05 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 48736U 02032BV 25250.42017952 .00098260 00000-0 55062-2 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 48736 98.7356 304.3839 0012278 40.2928 319.9207 15.12890179237234

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 2084 LEO 2025-04-07 16:35:18 0.0001113568 608.0 (m) PAYLOAD
SL-14 R/B LEO 2024-12-23 11:00:33 0.000172046 23.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-11-12 23:52:33 0.001004744 287.0 (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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

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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