Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 17 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8474
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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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: 2002-032DR
Object number (NORAD): 49487
Object ID (CCSDS): 49487
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.505 minutes
Inclination: 98.8351 deg
SMA: 7065.327 km
Apoapsis: 710.091 km
Periapsis: 664.292 km
RAAN: 258.3015 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00324114
Argument of periapsis: 109.8266 deg
Mean anomaly: 250.6431 deg
Mean motion: 14.61855343 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0002769 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0054883925 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 17 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 49487U 02032DR 25245.49173772 .00027690 00000-0 54884-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 49487 98.8351 258.3015 0032411 109.8266 250.6431 14.61855343234612
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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