Communications
SMDC ONE 2.4
US Army Tactical Communications Technology Demonstrator · US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
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SMDC-ONE 2.4, one of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command's tactical CubeSat communications demonstrators, testing battlefield data relay for soldiers operating in areas without other infrastructure.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 256–377 mi (411–607 km)
- Inclination
- 120.5°
- One orbit
- 94.7 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39469
- Int’l designator
- 2013-072H
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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