CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1471
FLOCK 3PP 2
FLOCK 3PP 2 (NORAD 43120) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 August 2023, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43120
International designator
2018-004K
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jan 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,036 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
5 years, 6 monthsFLOCK 3PP 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Aug 2023
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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