Launch · COSPAR 2012-048 · 13 Sept 2012

USA 238

Name: Launch 2012-048 — USA 238
Start: 2012-09-13
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

36% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 14

Payload Payload · 12

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 238 USA (classified US military payloads)	38758	2012-048A	Active	LEO	872 / 1,340 km	63.42°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
SMDC ONE 1.2	38759	2012-048B	Active	LEO	445 / 553 km	64.66°	on orbit	—
AENEAS	38760	2012-048C	Active	LEO	390 / 416 km	64.64°	on orbit	—
CSSWE	38761	2012-048D	Unknown	LEO	399 / 441 km	64.66°	on orbit	—
CXBN	38762	2012-048E	Unknown	LEO	444 / 548 km	64.66°	on orbit	—
CP5	38763	2012-048F	Unknown	LEO	434 / 521 km	64.64°	on orbit	—
CINEMA	38764	2012-048G	Active	LEO	389 / 424 km	64.64°	on orbit	—
RE	38765	2012-048H	Unknown	LEO	445 / 553 km	64.65°	on orbit	—
SMDC ONE 1.1	38766	2012-048J	Decayed	LEO	170 / 195 km	64.60°	16 Aug 2025	—
AEROCUBE 4.5A	38767	2012-048K	Decayed	LEO	188 / 212 km	64.61°	02 Jul 2026	—
AEROCUBE 4.5B	38768	2012-048L	Decayed	LEO	188 / 206 km	64.62°	10 Mar 2025	—
AEROCUBE 4	38769	2012-048M	Decayed	LEO	491 / 708 km	64.67°	02 Mar 2021	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B	38770	2012-048N	Decayed	LEO	144 / 158 km	64.60°	28 Mar 2026	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 238 DEB	38773	2012-048P	Inactive	LEO	870 / 1,341 km	63.42°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2012-048; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.