Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8559
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
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
Decay date: Nov. 29, 2025
Period: 91.709 minutes
Inclination: 98.7116 deg
SMA: 6736.531 km
Apoapsis: 363.347 km
Periapsis: 353.444 km
RAAN: 34.9872 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00073497
Argument of periapsis: 304.333 deg
Mean anomaly: 55.7232 deg
Mean motion: 15.70176011 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.01380136 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.010138972 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 24, 2025, 6:12 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 23, 2025, 4:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48736U 02032BV 25327.68761217 .01380136 00000-0 10139-1 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 48736 98.7116 34.9872 0007350 304.3330 55.7232 15.70176011249048
Live tracking on map
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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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