Key statistics
Satellite MCUBED-2 at a glance.
Uptime
4232
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
120.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MCUBED-2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MCUBED-2
International designator: 2013-072H
Object number (NORAD): 39469
Object ID (CCSDS): 39469
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.567 minutes
Inclination: 120.493 deg
SMA: 6924.122 km
Apoapsis: 666.822 km
Periapsis: 425.152 km
RAAN: 112.5245 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0174513
Argument of periapsis: 6.4329 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.8932 deg
Mean motion: 15.06800231 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012404 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059926 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 3:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MCUBED-2
TLE line 1: 1 39469U 13072H 25188.62793647 .00012404 00000-0 59926-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 39469 120.4930 112.5245 0174513 6.4329 353.8932 15.06800231 65692
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MCUBED-2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
MCUBED-2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)’, on board a Atlas V 501 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 501
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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