RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
SMDC ONE 2.4
SMDC ONE 2.4 (NORAD 39472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 June 2026, after 12 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39472
International designator
2013-072L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Dec 2013Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jun 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 6 months4,579 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.5°N to 59.5°SFinal inclination 120.5°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
SMDC
Built by
Duocomm Miltec
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
SMDC Cube
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 120.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.5°N and 59.5°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 6 monthsSMDC ONE 2.4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jun 2026
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2013-072
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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