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Entry no.
2023-0786

LEMUR 2 XIAOQING

LEMUR 2 XIAOQING (NORAD 41871) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 April 2023, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
41871
International designator
2016-062C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Oct 2016Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,366 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
Spire Global
Built by
Spire/Glasgow
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Spire

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

6 years, 5 months

LEMUR 2 XIAOQING’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 10 Apr 2023

18 entries
2023-0787SPACEBEE-112023-0789SPACEBEE-532023-0790SPACEBEE-412023-0791SPACEBEE-582023-0800PETITSAT2023-0783SL-16 DEB2023-0784COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0785DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-0788RESURS O1 DEB2023-0792RESURS O1 DEB2023-0793COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0794COSMOS 1408 DEB+6 more

From the same launch

2016-062
2016-0246ANTARES R/B2016-0256CYGNUS OA-52023-0764LEMUR 2 SOKOLSKY2023-0913LEMUR 2 WINGO2024-1022LEMUR 2 ANUBHAVTHAKUR
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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