CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0359
FLOCK 3K 6
FLOCK 3K 6 (NORAD 43896) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 February 2023, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43896
International designator
2018-111W
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 Dec 2018Vostochny Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,516 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthFLOCK 3K 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Feb 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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