CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0117
FLOCK 1B 23
FLOCK 1B 23 (NORAD 40123) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 2015, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40123
International designator
1998-067EV
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jul 2014Wallops
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 2015UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Mar 2015
Time in orbit
7 months234 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock-1/I
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsFLOCK 1B 23’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 2015
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2014-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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