CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2195
FLOCK 3R 9
FLOCK 3R 9 (NORAD 43723) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 2022, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43723
International designator
2018-096E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,440 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, 11 monthsFLOCK 3R 9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 2022
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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