Lemur · Payload
LEMUR-2-KANE
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LEMUR-2-KANE is a United States payload satellite, part of the Lemur constellation, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-K →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Zarya
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 142 km
- Periapsis
- 141 km
- Inclination
- 51.61°
- Orbital period
- 87.32 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Spire Global
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Weather, ship & aircraft tracking
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-067JK
- NORAD catalog №
- 41489
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Lemur
- Radar cross-section
- 0.0894 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 7, 2017
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 7, 2017
- Time in service
- 18.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed