CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-1079
FLOCK 4BE 15
FLOCK 4BE 15 (NORAD 60491) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 2026, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
60491
International designator
2024-149Z
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Aug 2024Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month783 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, 1 monthFLOCK 4BE 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 2026
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Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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