Launch · COSPAR 2013-072 · 06 Dec 2013

USA 247

Name: Launch 2013-072 — USA 247
Start: 2013-12-06
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

43% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 14

Payload Payload · 13

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 247 USA (classified US military payloads)	39462	2013-072A	Active	LEO	1,102 / 1,105 km	123.00°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
FIREBIRD 1	39463	2013-072B	Decayed	LEO	211 / 215 km	120.40°	27 Nov 2023	—
FIREBIRD 2	39464	2013-072C	Unknown	OTHER	—	—	on orbit	—
AEROCUBE 5A	39465	2013-072D	Decayed	LEO	197 / 220 km	120.44°	16 Apr 2023	—
AEROCUBE 5B	39466	2013-072E	Decayed	LEO	204 / 227 km	120.42°	23 Nov 2022	—
ALICE	39467	2013-072F	Active	LEO	418 / 653 km	120.46°	on orbit	—
SNAP-3	39468	2013-072G	Decayed	LEO	149 / 166 km	120.45°	23 Apr 2025	—
SMDC ONE 2.4	39469	2013-072H	Active	LEO	405 / 604 km	120.49°	on orbit	—
CUNYSAT-1	39470	2013-072J	Decayed	LEO	175 / 185 km	120.43°	14 Oct 2025	—
CP8 (IPEX)	39471	2013-072K	Unknown	LEO	420 / 656 km	120.47°	on orbit	—
MCUBED-2	39472	2013-072L	Decayed	LEO	186 / 192 km	120.45°	20 Jun 2026	—
TACSAT 6	39473	2013-072M	Active	LEO	261 / 282 km	120.45°	on orbit	—
SMDC ONE 2.3	39474	2013-072N	Active	LEO	241 / 258 km	120.43°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B	39475	2013-072P	Inactive	LEO	446 / 696 km	120.43°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2013-072; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.