Satellite · NORAD 39206 · COSPAR 2013-036A
MUOS-2
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
35,761.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
3.08km/s
Inclination
5.17°
Period
23.9 h
1,436.1 min
Perigee
35,547km
Apogee
36,026km
orbit freshOrbit updated 1 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 02:44 UTC (6.8 h old)· Metadata updated 1 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 5.096° S
- Longitude
- 172.584° E
- Altitude
- 35761.4 km
- Velocity
- 3.077 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 02:44 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 19 Jul 2013
- COSPAR launch id
- 2013-036
Objects from the same launch · 1
- ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B39207Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → GEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 1 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 16 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 09:09 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 39206
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2013-036A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69V2
- Canonical slug
- muos-2-39206
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.