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Entry no.
2025-0936

FLOCK 4Y 9

FLOCK 4Y 9 (NORAD 55069) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 2025, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
55069
International designator
2023-001BN
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Jan 2023Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months854 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 allowed
Exact 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, 4 months

FLOCK 4Y 9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 May 2025

22 entries

From the same launch

2023-001
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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