Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8521
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 2002-032CD
Object number (NORAD): 48744
Object ID (CCSDS): 48744
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.587 minutes
Inclination: 98.9053 deg
SMA: 7116.982 km
Apoapsis: 747.871 km
Periapsis: 729.823 km
RAAN: 297.8119 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001268
Argument of periapsis: 228.8047 deg
Mean anomaly: 131.205 deg
Mean motion: 14.45968939 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008809 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0024828 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48744U 02032CD 25294.81278338 .00008809 00000-0 24828-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 48744 98.9053 297.8119 0012680 228.8047 131.2050 14.45968939239147
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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