CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0029
LEMUR 2 NATE
LEMUR 2 NATE (NORAD 41598) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 2017, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41598
International designator
2016-019E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
23 Mar 2016Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months341 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Built by
Spire/Glasgow
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Spire
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsLEMUR 2 NATE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 2017
1 entryFrom the same launch
2016-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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