NOAA 17

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NOAA 17 is classified as:

NOAA
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 27453

Int'l Code: 2002-032A

Perigee: 804.6 km

Apogee: 819.7 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 101.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7183 km

RCS: 4.9977 m² (large)

Launch date: June 24, 2002
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 137.500/1701.000
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Polar-orbiting satellite; long-range weather forecasting; atmospheric and weather monitoring instruments; data stored on-board and transmitted over Fairbanks, AK and Wallops Island, VA.

1 27453U 02032A   25184.95542481  .00000110  00000-0  64838-4 0  9991
2 27453  98.8136 142.5760 0010513 282.8875  77.1130 14.26023801197354

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech