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Entry no.
2022-0662

FLOCK 2K 24

FLOCK 2K 24 (NORAD 42857) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 2022, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
42857
International designator
2017-042AJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jul 2017Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,719 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Planet Labs
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock-2/S

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.

Life in orbit

4 years, 8 months

FLOCK 2K 24’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 29 Mar 2022

1 entry
2022-0663FREGAT DEB

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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