Lemur · Payload
LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 48273
LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K is a Spire Global Inc. payload satellite, part of the Lemur constellation, launched on April 29, 2021 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 29, 2021 at 03:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Long March 5B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tianhe
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 381 km
- Periapsis
- 376 km
- Inclination
- 97.57°
- Orbital period
- 92.13 min
- Orbit data fetched
- August 23, 2026 at 06:34 AM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Spire Global Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Spire Global
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4.6 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology, Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-034F
- NORAD catalog №
- 48273
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Lemur
- Status
- Operational
- Decay / reentry
- August 21, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- August 21, 2026
- Time in service
- 5.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Operational