CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0366
FLOCK 4X 27
FLOCK 4X 27 (NORAD 51012) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 2024, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51012
International designator
2022-002AE
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Mar 2024
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months798 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsFLOCK 4X 27’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with FLOCK 4X 27
11 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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