CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1490
FLOCK 3PP 4
FLOCK 3PP 4 (NORAD 43122) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 2023, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43122
International designator
2018-004M
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Jan 2018Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,043 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, 7 monthsFLOCK 3PP 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Aug 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2018-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2023-1490
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2023-1490
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.