Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8414
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 2002-032CH
Object number (NORAD): 48748
Object ID (CCSDS): 48748
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.708 minutes
Inclination: 98.7414 deg
SMA: 7122.714 km
Apoapsis: 761.223 km
Periapsis: 727.935 km
RAAN: 150.8975 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023367
Argument of periapsis: 208.4046 deg
Mean anomaly: 151.5872 deg
Mean motion: 14.44223831 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004883 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014302 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:32 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48748U 02032CH 25187.35592384 .00004883 00000-0 14302-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 48748 98.7414 150.8975 0023367 208.4046 151.5872 14.44223831223150
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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