CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0401
LEMUR 2 ROMACOSTE
LEMUR 2 ROMACOSTE (NORAD 43048) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2022, after 4 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43048
International designator
2017-071M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Nov 2017Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 3 months1,569 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
5 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
4 years, 3 monthsLEMUR 2 ROMACOSTE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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