Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8476
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 2002-032CB
Object number (NORAD): 48742
Object ID (CCSDS): 48742
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.289 minutes
Inclination: 98.7553 deg
SMA: 7102.786 km
Apoapsis: 738.533 km
Periapsis: 710.769 km
RAAN: 226.5368 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00195445
Argument of periapsis: 84.3406 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.0015 deg
Mean motion: 14.50306194 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013745 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0035236602 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 8:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48742U 02032CB 25249.37434439 .00013745 00000-0 35237-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 48742 98.7553 226.5368 0019545 84.3406 276.0015 14.50306194232792
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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