NOAA 17

Track NOAA 17 now!
10-day predictions
NOAA 17 is classified as:

NOAA
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 27453

Int'l Code: 2002-032A

Perigee: 803.8 km

Apogee: 821.5 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
Beacon (MHz):
Mode:
Call sign:
Status:

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   25023.92162262  .00000569  00000-0  25786-3 0  9991
2 27453  98.7941 340.7624 0012278  32.6537 327.5400 14.25891580174403

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech