Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8414
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: 2002-032DH
Object number (NORAD): 49479
Object ID (CCSDS): 49479
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.541 minutes
Inclination: 98.8533 deg
SMA: 7114.763 km
Apoapsis: 781.356 km
Periapsis: 691.901 km
RAAN: 210.128 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0062866
Argument of periapsis: 348.0458 deg
Mean anomaly: 11.9237 deg
Mean motion: 14.46645329 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000715 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020695 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 7:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 49479U 02032DH 25185.79384366 .00000715 00000-0 20695-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 49479 98.8533 210.1280 0062866 348.0458 11.9237 14.46645329214650
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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