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FLOCK 4BE 33, 60502

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 33, 60502 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

60502, 2024-149AL

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 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 10 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 33
1 60502U 24149AL  25118.16872014  .00016537  00000-0  63605-3 0  9994
2 60502  97.4068 196.5617 0003681 328.1677  31.9338 15.26467596 38690

Epoch: 2025-04-28T04:02Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T04:02:57.42Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-80.56415°

Altitude

487.336 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 06m 14s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

28.98825°

Longitude

-84.27636°

Altitude

488.912 km

Speed

7.624 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 10m 09s

Apparent Declination

-4° 31' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:03:35

Azimuth

312.784° NW

Elevation

-44.558°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.865 km

Perigee altitude

480.814 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.476 km

Eccentricity

0.0003681

Inclination

97.4068°

RAAN

196.5617°

Arg. of periapsis

328.1677°

True anomaly

31.95612°

Mean anomaly

31.9338°

Eccentric anomaly

31.94496°

Mean motion

3.81871 °/min

BSTAR

0.00063605

Orbital period

94.27 mins

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

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NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN), 60493

NUSAT-48 (H. LEAVITT), 60498

FLOCK 4BE 30, 60499

NUSAT-49(K.VON NEUMANN), 60500

FLOCK 4BE 33 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.
4 mins	2025-04-28 17:12:57.165Z	53.676° ENE	2025-04-28 17:14:57.165Z	91.133° ESE	17.656°	2025-04-28 17:16:57.165Z	131.065° SE
4 mins	2025-04-28 18:46:57.165Z	326.865° NNW	2025-04-28 18:48:57.165Z	277.693° WNW	21.779°	2025-04-28 18:50:57.165Z	239.596° WSW
5 mins	2025-04-29 05:21:57.165Z	180.008° SSW	2025-04-29 05:23:57.165Z	289.436° WNW	42.81°	2025-04-29 05:26:57.165Z	342.843° N

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