Satellite · NORAD 38759 · COSPAR 2012-048B
SMDC ONE 1.2
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
473.7km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.66km/s
Inclination
64.66°
Period
94.6 min
94.6 min
Perigee
445km
Apogee
553km
orbit freshOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:55 UTC (8.3 h old)· Metadata updated 10 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
- 63.796° N
- Longitude
- 66.854° E
- Altitude
- 473.7 km
- Velocity
- 7.655 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:55 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 13 Sept 2012
- COSPAR launch id
- 2012-048
Objects from the same launch · 13
- USA 238 DEB38773DebrisInactive
- USA 23838758PayloadActive
- AENEAS38760PayloadActive
- CSSWE38761PayloadUnknown
- CXBN38762PayloadUnknown
- CP538763PayloadUnknown
- CINEMA38764PayloadActive
- RE38765PayloadUnknown
- SMDC ONE 1.138766PayloadDecayed
- AEROCUBE 4.5A38767PayloadDecayed
- AEROCUBE 4.5B38768PayloadDecayed
- AEROCUBE 438769PayloadDecayed
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 | ∅ → LEO | 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 10 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 10 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 | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 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
- 38759
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2012-048B
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69RZ
- Canonical slug
- smdc-one-1-2-38759
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.