In orbitDebris

NOAA 17 DEB

NORAD: 48738
COSPAR: 2002-032BX

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Spacecraft

Owner: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S48738, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2002-06-24
Rocket: Titan II SLV
Flight: NOAA 17
Mission name: NOAA M
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC4W
Launched by: 2SLS/AFSMC
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2002-032

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2002-032, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2002-06-24
Period: 101.3 min
Inclination: 98.73°
Apogee: 888 km
Perigee: 753 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: NOAA 17 (NORAD 27453)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris115 in total, 50 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit