CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0589
FLOCK 3P 3
FLOCK 3P 3 (NORAD 41968) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2023, after 6 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41968
International designator
2017-008W
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Feb 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 1 month2,224 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 1 monthFLOCK 3P 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 2023
16 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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