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SMDC-ONE 1
US Army satellite built for testing experimental communication systems. SMDC-ONE 1 was launched on December 8, 2010 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 12, 2011).
COSPAR 2010-066CNORAD 37246United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SMDC-ONE
- Common name
- SMDC-ONE 1
- International designator
- 2010-066C
- NORAD catalog number
- 37246
- GCAT identifier
- S37246
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/614
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SMDC Cube
- Owner
- SMDC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- December 8, 2010 · 15:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-066Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 276 km
- Apogee
- 302 km
- Inclination
- 34.53°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 12, 2011
- Last known active
- Jan 12, 2011
- End of operations
- Jan 12, 2011
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 Q14083971 (CC0).