Lemur · Weather
LEMUR-2-REDFERN-GOES
DecayedWeatherLEONORAD 42059
LEMUR-2-REDFERN-GOES is a United States weather satellite, part of the Lemur constellation, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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
- 176 km
- Periapsis
- 167 km
- Inclination
- 51.62°
- Orbital period
- 87.92 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Spire Global
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Weather, ship & aircraft tracking
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-067LA
- NORAD catalog №
- 42059
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Lemur
- Radar cross-section
- 0.0839 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 5, 2018
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 5, 2018
- Time in service
- 20.0 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed