Lemur · Payload
LEMUR-2-MERIMA
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LEMUR-2-MERIMA is a Spire Global Inc. payload satellite, part of the Lemur constellation, launched on June 30, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 30, 2021 at 07:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 147 km
- Periapsis
- 143 km
- Inclination
- 97.51°
- Orbital period
- 87.38 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Spire Global Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Spire Global
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4.6 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology, Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-059BC
- NORAD catalog №
- 48929
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Lemur
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 19, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 19, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.6 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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