CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1478
LEMUR 2 ARTFISCHER
LEMUR 2 ARTFISCHER (NORAD 42881) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 June 2022, after 4 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42881
International designator
2017-042BJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jul 2017Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jun 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 11 months1,812 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
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 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 11 monthsLEMUR 2 ARTFISCHER’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jun 2022
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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