Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8354
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 2002-032DA
Object number (NORAD): 48765
Object ID (CCSDS): 48765
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.034 minutes
Inclination: 98.7036 deg
SMA: 7042.777 km
Apoapsis: 675.886 km
Periapsis: 653.398 km
RAAN: 119.297 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015965
Argument of periapsis: 131.6118 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.6456 deg
Mean motion: 14.68881768 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018469 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0031545 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 10:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 48765U 02032DA 25127.43700864 .00018469 00000-0 31545-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 48765 98.7036 119.2970 0015965 131.6118 228.6456 14.68881768213726
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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