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Satellite:
Lemur-2
Satellite details
Acronym
Lemur-2
Full name
Low Earth Multi-Use Receiver - 2
Satellite Description
Constellation of nano-satellites (3U CubeSat), designed for maintaining up to 175 flight units.
Orbit heights ranging from 400 to 600 km, and various orbit inclinations, depending on the launch of opportunity.
Main missions: radio occultation sounding and ship tracking.
Substantial contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch
4.6 kg
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data commercially available from Spire Global Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
550 km
Space agency
SPIRE
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
119 flight units launched as of 03 September 2020.
123 flight units launched as of 28 September 2020.
125 flight units launched as of 03 October 2020.
129 flight units launched as of 07 November 2020.
137 flight units launched as of 24 January 2021.
139 flight units launched as of 29 April 2021.
145 flight units launched as of 30 June 2021.
149 flight units launched as of 13 Jan 2022.
156 flight units launched as of 25 May 2022.
Launch
28 Sep 2015
EOL
≥2040
Last update:
2022-05-30
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Lemur-2
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Lemur-2
Instrument
Full name
Start date
EOL date
Status
NRT data
Instrument landing page
Comments
STRATOS
STRATOS
28 2016 *
≥2040 *
Active
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed