RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
FLOCK 4G 16
FLOCK 4G 16 (NORAD 62638) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2026, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
62638
International designator
2025-009AF
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jan 2025Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months602 days
How it ended
Re-entered
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
1 year, 7 monthsFLOCK 4G 16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2025-009
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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