RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
LEMUR 2 SPECIAL K
LEMUR 2 SPECIAL K (NORAD 48273) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 2026, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
48273
International designator
2021-034F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Apr 2021Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,940 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
5 years, 3 monthsLEMUR 2 SPECIAL K’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Aug 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-034
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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