CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1191
FLOCK 4X 21
FLOCK 4X 21 (NORAD 51040) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 August 2024, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
51040
International designator
2022-002BJ
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Aug 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 12 Aug 2024
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months944 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
2 years, 7 monthsFLOCK 4X 21’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Aug 2024
10 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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