CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2344
FLOCK 3R 5
FLOCK 3R 5 (NORAD 43726) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 December 2022, after 4 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43726
International designator
2018-096H
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Nov 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years1,464 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
4 yearsFLOCK 3R 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Dec 2022
12 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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