Payload
MCUBED-2
OperationalPayloadLEO
MCUBED-2 is a US Army Space and Missile Defense Command payload satellite, launched on December 6, 2013 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 6, 2013 at 07:14 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 501 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- NROL-39 (USA-247)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 278 km
- Periapsis
- 257 km
- Inclination
- 120.46°
- Orbital period
- 89.86 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
- Manufacturer
- Miltec
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-072L
- NORAD catalog №
- 39472
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
- Decay / reentry
- June 20, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 20, 2026
- Time in service
- 12.5 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Operational