Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8574
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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: 2002-032DK
Object number (NORAD): 49481
Object ID (CCSDS): 49481
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.122 minutes
Inclination: 98.6909 deg
SMA: 6950.918 km
Apoapsis: 582.469 km
Periapsis: 563.097 km
RAAN: 342.1281 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013935
Argument of periapsis: 77.8559 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.422 deg
Mean motion: 14.98095568 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.001107 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0091991 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 49481U 02032DK 25345.96501483 .00110700 00000-0 91991-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 49481 98.6909 342.1281 0013935 77.8559 282.4220 14.98095568237256
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 17 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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