MUOS-2

NORAD 39206· COSPAR 2013-036A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Jul 19, 2013 from Space Launch Complex 41, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 551.

Atlas V 551 | MUOS-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:08 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 19, 2013

Mass

—

Apogee

36,034 km

Perigee

35,556 km

Inclination

5.16°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MUOS-2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

35556 × 36034 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

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