CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0243
FLOCK 4S 3
FLOCK 4S 3 (NORAD 47494) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2024, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47494
International designator
2021-006CK
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,123 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsFLOCK 4S 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2024
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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