LEMUR-2-CAEL

NORAD 58903· COSPAR 2024-022E· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 31, 2024 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 01:02 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 31, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

445 km

Perigee

435 km

Inclination

97.40°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LEMUR-2-CAEL across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-9.4 km

Rate

-0.09 km/day

Now

435 × 446 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-022 (Electron | Four Of A Kind (NorthStar 1)).

LEMUR-2-NIMBUS2000 · 58899
LEMUR-2-VALHALLA · 58900

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