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FLOCK 4BE 24, 60505

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 24, 60505 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

60505, 2024-149AP

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 24
1 60505U 24149AP  25118.16535710  .00020267  00000-0  74342-3 0  9991
2 60505  97.4062 196.8289 0003836 330.0815  30.0205 15.27993891 38712

Epoch: 2025-04-28T03:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T03:58:06.853Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-79.08295°

Altitude

482.632 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 07m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

53.86178°

Longitude

111.52674°

Altitude

493.085 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 09m 03s

Apparent Declination

16° 19' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:23:29

Azimuth

49.135° ENE

Elevation

-17.836°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

481.396 km

Perigee altitude

476.135 km

Semi-major axis

6,856.902 km

Eccentricity

0.0003836

Inclination

97.4062°

RAAN

196.8289°

Arg. of periapsis

330.0815°

True anomaly

30.0425°

Mean anomaly

30.0205°

Eccentric anomaly

30.0315°

Mean motion

3.82253 °/min

BSTAR

0.00074342

Orbital period

94.18 mins

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

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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 24 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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 18:41:47.207Z	321.173° NNW	2025-04-28 18:42:47.207Z	292.293° WNW	25.635°	2025-04-28 18:45:47.207Z	229.309° WSW
5 mins	2025-04-29 05:15:47.207Z	167.395° S	2025-04-29 05:17:47.207Z	347.015° N	43.544°	2025-04-29 05:20:47.207Z	348.055° N

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