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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

Country

Related business

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, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

11.218 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 16 hours ago

TLE from 16 hours ago

0 NOAA 17
1 27453U 02032A   25349.34605349  .00000230  00000-0  11483-3 0  9990
2 27453  98.8402 308.1635 0011909 159.5812 200.5846 14.26133372220787

Epoch: 2025-12-15T08:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-15T08:18:19.021Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

99.33831°

Altitude

815.614 km

Speed

7.441 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 32m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

22:51:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

810.392 km

Perigee altitude

793.291 km

Semi-major axis

7,179.978 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

98.8402°

RAAN

308.1635°

Arg. of periapsis

159.5812°

True anomaly

200.53669°

Mean anomaly

200.5846°

Eccentric anomaly

200.56064°

Mean motion

3.56745 °/min

Orbital period

100.91 mins

BSTAR

0.00011483

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Other satellites on launch #32 in the year 2002 (2002-06-24 UTC)

NOAA 17 DEB, 48166

NOAA 17 DEB, 48731

NOAA 17 DEB, 48735 (Decayed)

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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	2025-12-16 10:08:45.310Z	20.568° NNE	2025-12-16 10:12:45.310Z	80.035° E	42.653°	2025-12-16 10:17:45.310Z	185.156° SSW
4 mins	2025-12-16 11:50:45.310Z	317.594° NNW	2025-12-16 11:51:45.310Z	304.81° NW	14.765°	2025-12-16 11:54:45.310Z	267.863° W
8 mins	2025-12-16 21:28:45.310Z	170.755° S	2025-12-16 21:31:45.310Z	198.355° SSW	43.603°	2025-12-16 21:36:45.310Z	343.44° N

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NOAA 17, 27453

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 16 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-15T08:18:19.021Z)

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