RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
LEMUR 2 JIN-LUEN
LEMUR 2 JIN-LUEN (NORAD 43182) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2026, after 8 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43182
International designator
2018-014C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
1 Feb 2018Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 2 months2,988 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 2 monthsLEMUR 2 JIN-LUEN’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-014
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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