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NOAA 17, 27453

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NOAA 17, 27453 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 24 Jun 2002 UTC via a TITAN II SLV launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27453, 2002-032A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

LM/EW

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

ATN, Unknown motor

Mass

2,231 kg wet, 1,403 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-06-24 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN II SLV

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

11.218 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 NOAA 17
1 27453U 02032A   25177.93895343  .00000081  00000-0  52996-4 0  9998
2 27453  98.8133 135.5180 0010713 305.1994  54.8182 14.26021691196355

Epoch: 2025-06-26T22:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-26T22:32:05.576Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-117.80422°

Altitude

803.55 km

Speed

7.454 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 02m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.39544°

Longitude

62.78583°

Altitude

812.248 km

Speed

7.445 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 45m 27s

Apparent Declination

-51° 16' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:32:32

Azimuth

212.594° SW

Elevation

-13.755°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

809.907 km

Perigee altitude

794.523 km

Semi-major axis

7,180.352 km

Eccentricity

0.00107

Inclination

98.8133°

RAAN

135.518°

Arg. of periapsis

305.1994°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

54.8182°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.56718 °/min

Orbital period

100.92 mins

BSTAR

0.000052996

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NOAA 17 DEB, 48616

NOAA 17 DEB, 48617 (Decayed)

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NOAA 17 DEB, 48703 (Decayed)

NOAA 17 DEB, 48704 (Decayed)

NOAA 17 DEB, 48705

NOAA 17 DEB, 48706

NOAA 17 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
9 mins	2025-06-27 20:32:45.095Z	139.374° SSE	2025-06-27 20:37:45.095Z	60.242° ENE	34.442°	2025-06-27 20:41:45.095Z	2.443° NNE
6 mins	2025-06-27 22:14:45.095Z	228.229° WSW	2025-06-27 22:17:45.095Z	272.259° WNW	20.558°	2025-06-27 22:20:45.095Z	311.028° NW
5 mins	2025-06-28 08:50:45.095Z	67.64° E	2025-06-28 08:52:45.095Z	94.012° ESE	16.262°	2025-06-28 08:55:45.095Z	129.969° SE
9 mins	2025-06-28 10:28:45.095Z	1.87° NNE	2025-06-28 10:32:45.095Z	285.964° WNW	40.185°	2025-06-28 10:37:45.095Z	210.709° SW

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