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LEMUR-2-SOKOLSKY

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
October 17, 2016 at 11:45 PM UTC
Launch site
Wallops Island, USA
Launched by
Antares 230 →
Operator
Orbital ATK
Mission
Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
179 km
Periapsis
166 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
87.95 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Spire Global Inc.
Manufacturer
Spire Global
Users
Commercial
Launch mass
10 kg
Detailed purpose
Meteorology, Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2016-062D
NORAD catalog №
41872
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
0.0567 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 7, 2023

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 7, 2023
Time in service
6.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed