CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0432
LEMUR 2 SAM-AMELIA
LEMUR 2 SAM-AMELIA (NORAD 42781) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 April 2024, after 6 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42781
International designator
2017-036S
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 9 months2,474 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 9 monthsLEMUR 2 SAM-AMELIA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Apr 2024
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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