https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 24.6 2026-08-19T10:58:35.072Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/platforms/be9ed5c4-4d6b-45fa-9bf7-55b7995fbd15 DMSP 5D-3/F17 Date=2016-06-09 User Id=epneff Entity=AltLabel Operation=INSERT User Note=added altLabel System Note=insert AltLabel New Value=id: null text: DMSP-F17 language code: en [Source: National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2006-050A ]MSP F17, also known as DMSP 5D-3 F17 is an American (DoD/NOAA) military weather satellite that was launched by a Delta 4 rocket from Vandenberg AFB at 13:53 UT on 04 November 2006. It is presumed to carry a payload similar to those on DMSP F16 and F15, to provide infrared and visible light images, and some data of ionospheric and magnetospheric import. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: DMSP 5D-3/F17 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) Short_Name: DMSP 5D-3/F17 Long_Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: DMSP-F17 Short_Name: 29522 End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 98.80000305175781° Period: 102.0 minutes Perigee: 841.0 km Apogee: 855.0 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2009-12-23 Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2006-050A Online_Resource: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/ Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2006-11-04 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States) End_GroupEnd_Group 2016-06-09 10:38:24.0