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CXBN 2
Nanosatellite. CXBN 2 was launched on April 18, 2017 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 1, 2019).
COSPAR 1998-067LMNORAD 42704United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CXBN-2
- Common name
- CXBN 2
- International designator
- 1998-067LM
- NORAD catalog number
- 42704
- GCAT identifier
- S42704
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/859
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Morehead
- Owner
- Morehead
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Morehead State University
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 2U
Launch
- Date
- April 18, 2017 · 15:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-019Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 400 km
- Apogee
- 406 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 1, 2019
- Last known active
- May 17, 2017
- End of operations
- 2018
Size
- Mass
- 3 kg
- Dry mass
- 3 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Cygnus CRS OA-7Human spaceflight · OATK SSGHAVELSATSpace science · HAVELSANSOMP 2Space science · TU DresdenSGSatTechnology · Kentucky SpaceIceCubeTechnology · GSFCPHOENIXSpace science · NCKUUPSatSpace science · U PatrasDuchifat 2Space science · HerzliyaDUTHSatSpace science · DUTHLilacSat 1Space science · Harbin
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q109941204 (CC0).