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SMDC
SMDC was launched on September 13, 2012 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 16, 2025).
COSPAR 2012-048JNORAD 38766United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SMDC-ONE 2.1 (Able)
- Common name
- SMDC
- Payload designation
- SMDC-ONE 2.1
- Other names
- Colony 2B-S
- International designator
- 2012-048J
- NORAD catalog number
- 38766
- GCAT identifier
- S38766
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/711
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SMDC Cube
- Owner
- SMDC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Miltec Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- September 13, 2012 · 21:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-048Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 473 km
- Apogee
- 780 km
- Inclination
- 64.67°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 16, 2025
- Last known active
- Aug 1, 2013
- End of operations
- December 2013
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14083969 (CC0).