CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0217
FLOCK 2B 13
FLOCK 2B 13 (NORAD 40979) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 October 2016, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40979
International designator
1998-067HM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Aug 2015Tanegashima
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month419 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-2/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
1 year, 1 monthFLOCK 2B 13’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2015-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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