LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K
Launch
Launched on Apr 29, 2021 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.
Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 →No longer in orbit
LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K reentered Earth's atmosphere on Aug 21, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.
Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-08-21 02:19 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 29, 2021
Reentered
Aug 21, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
215 km
Perigee
195 km
Inclination
97.55°
Period
88.4 min
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K across 86 days of archived orbital elements (87 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-189.9 km
Rate
-2.21 km/day
Now
195 × 215 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-034 (Vega | Pléiades Neo 3).
- PLEIADES NEO 3 · 48268
- LEMUR-2-AMANDA-SVANTE · 48269
- AII-BRAVO · 48270
- TYVAK-182A · 48271
- NORSAT 3 · 48272
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