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CUBEBUG-2 (LO-74)
Argentine University CubeSat (Amateur Radio) · Argentina (CONAE / Satellogic precursor)
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CubeBug-2 (LO-74), Argentina's second domestically built CubeSat, launched in 2013 to test open-source satellite bus technology and an amateur radio payload — part of Argentina's push to develop low-cost, homegrown small-satellite engineering capability.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 341–391 mi (548–629 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 96.3 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39440
- Int’l designator
- 2013-066AA
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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