CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0508
FLOCK 4A 17
FLOCK 4A 17 (NORAD 44088) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 2023, after 3 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44088
International designator
2019-018L
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
1 Apr 2019Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 11 months1,443 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
6 kg
Operator
Built by
Planet Labs
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
Flock-4
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 11 monthsFLOCK 4A 17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with FLOCK 4A 17
23 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-018
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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