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Entry no.
2023-0107

FLOCK 3P 23

FLOCK 3P 23 (NORAD 42018) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 2023, after 5 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
42018
International designator
2017-008BY
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 11 months2,163 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
Planet Labs
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock-3

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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

5 years, 11 months

FLOCK 3P 23’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Jan 2023

4 entries
2023-0108LEMUR 2 YUASA2023-0105FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0106METEOR 2-5 DEB2023-0109COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2017-008
2022-0057FLOCK 3P 572022-2142FLOCK 3P 72022-2194FLOCK 3P 12022-2244FLOCK 3P 172022-2317FLOCK 3P 182022-2318FLOCK 3P 732022-2354FLOCK 3P 782022-2362FLOCK 3P 262022-2363FLOCK 3P 52022-2367FLOCK 3P 62022-2374FLOCK 3P 372022-2375FLOCK 3P 19In orbitCartosat-2D
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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