CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0059
FLOCK 3R 12
FLOCK 3R 12 (NORAD 43724) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2022, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official dateDate disputed
NORAD number
43724
International designator
2018-096F
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 14 Jan 2023The records disagree on this date
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,142 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock-3
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthFLOCK 3R 12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jan 2022
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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