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Satellite · NORAD 44046 · COSPAR 2018-092G

KICKSAT-2

DecayedPayloadLEOUnknown derived

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

51.63°

Period

87.7 min

87.7 min

Perigee

157km

Apogee

168km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 02 Apr 2019.· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 02 Apr 2019 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
—

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • KICKSAT-2Celestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
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SATCAT owner code
US · United States
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
17 Nov 2018
COSPAR launch id
2018-092
Launch site
Wallops Flight Facility / MARS, Virginia

Objects from the same launch · 6

Change log

History

No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
44046
COSPAR / international designator
2018-092G
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JV3S9WKGVM976VXK439
Canonical slug
kicksat-2-44046

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.