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FLOCK 4BE 11, 60501

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 11, 60501 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

60501, 2024-149AK

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5.7 kg wet, 5.7 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-08-16 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 11
1 60501U 24149AK  25118.21267740  .00017592  00000-0  64957-3 0  9996
2 60501  97.4052 196.7608 0003702 316.6887  43.4061 15.27807353 38717

Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:06:15.327Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-96.233°

Altitude

483.624 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 07m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.16255°

Longitude

84.663°

Altitude

486.925 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 06m 28s

Apparent Declination

-30° 19' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:10:29

Azimuth

106.826° ESE

Elevation

-28.953°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

481.862 km

Perigee altitude

476.785 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.461 km

Eccentricity

0.0003702

Inclination

97.4052°

RAAN

196.7608°

Arg. of periapsis

316.6887°

True anomaly

43.43526°

Mean anomaly

43.4061°

Eccentric anomaly

43.42068°

Mean motion

3.82207 °/min

BSTAR

0.00064957

Orbital period

94.19 mins

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Other satellites on launch #149 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 UTC)

OBJECT A, 60468

FLOCK 4BE 17, 60492

NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493

NUSAT-48 (H. LEAVITT), 60498

FLOCK 4BE 30, 60499

NUSAT-49(K.VON NEUMANN), 60500

FLOCK 4BE 11 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-04-28 18:13:50.059Z	5.055° NNE	2025-04-28 18:16:50.059Z	320.018° NNW	40.488°	2025-04-28 18:19:50.059Z	205.476° SW
5 mins	2025-04-29 04:49:50.059Z	131.287° SE	2025-04-29 04:51:50.059Z	71.091° E	32.25°	2025-04-29 04:54:50.059Z	5.54° NNE

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