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MCUBED-2
NORAD
39472
· COSPAR
2013-072L
·
REENTRY
â ï¸ RIP
MCUBED-2 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 4 months ago).
Orbit:
#11735 @ 186 x 192 km x 120.4545 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-06-19 20:56 UTC
·
2851 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Longitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// celestrak
MCUBED-2
1 39472U 13072L 26170.87236138 .06143125 13939-4 11633-2 0 9999
2 39472 120.4545 178.0508 0004968 253.1176 106.9405 16.31390067117357
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
December 6th 2013
Spacecraft age
12 years, 10 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Polar
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
Miltec
Launch mass
5
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
120.4545°
Period
88.27
min
Perigee
186
km
Apogee
192
km
Eccentricity
0.0004968
RAAN
178.0508°
Arg of Perigee
253.1176°
Mean Motion
16.31390067
rev/d