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FLOCK 4X 42, 51018 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4X 42, 51018 was a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 13 Jan 2022 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

51018, 2022-002AL

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

11 months ago

Origin

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Planet

Mission

Decayed Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5.7 kg wet, 5.7 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-01-13 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.108 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 11 months ago

0 FLOCK 4X 42
1 51018U 22002AL  24235.25680784  .21304244  25610-5  30795-3 0  9993
2 51018  97.3437 315.0227 0011210 268.5287  91.4733 16.48288110145425

Epoch: 2024-08-22T06:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-08-22T06:09:48.197Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-108.47536°

Altitude

147.308 km

Speed

7.818 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 00m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

147.949 km

Perigee altitude

133.334 km

Semi-major axis

6,518.779 km

Eccentricity

0.00112

Inclination

97.3437°

RAAN

315.0227°

Arg. of periapsis

268.5287°

True anomaly

91.60171°

Mean anomaly

91.4733°

Eccentric anomaly

91.53751°

Mean motion

4.12376 °/min

Orbital period

87.3 mins

BSTAR

0.00030795

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FLOCK 4X 29, 51011 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4X 27, 51012 (Decayed)

TEVEL 1, 51013 (Decayed)

SATLLA-2B, 51014 (Decayed)

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FLOCK 4X 25, 51016 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4X 1, 51017 (Decayed)

OBJECT AM, 51019 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4X 16, 51020 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 RAMONAMAE, 51021 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4X 42 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	2025-07-18 17:12:35.163Z	10.825° NNE	2025-07-18 17:14:35.163Z	182.209° SSW	44.572°	2025-07-18 17:16:35.163Z	188.76° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 17:21:35.163Z	9.335° NNE	2025-07-18 17:23:35.163Z	197.821° SSW	44.818°	2025-07-18 17:25:35.163Z	191.3° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 17:30:35.163Z	8.448° NNE	2025-07-18 17:32:35.163Z	234.32° WSW	44.923°	2025-07-18 17:34:35.163Z	194.29° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 17:39:35.163Z	8.063° NNE	2025-07-18 17:41:35.163Z	284.397° WNW	44.898°	2025-07-18 17:43:35.163Z	197.757° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 18:07:35.163Z	0.167° NNE	2025-07-18 18:08:35.163Z	328.254° NNW	44.127°	2025-07-18 18:11:35.163Z	202.631° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 18:16:35.163Z	0.704° NNE	2025-07-18 18:18:35.163Z	249.169° W	43.792°	2025-07-18 18:20:35.163Z	206.171° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 18:25:35.163Z	1.582° NNE	2025-07-18 18:27:35.163Z	263.029° W	43.798°	2025-07-18 18:29:35.163Z	210.07° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 18:34:35.163Z	2.751° NNE	2025-07-18 18:36:35.163Z	276.045° WNW	43.691°	2025-07-18 18:38:35.163Z	214.326° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 18:43:35.163Z	4.18° NNE	2025-07-18 18:45:35.163Z	287.493° WNW	43.479°	2025-07-18 18:47:35.163Z	218.933° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 19:11:35.163Z	350.738° N	2025-07-18 19:12:35.163Z	312.345° NW	42.295°	2025-07-18 19:15:35.163Z	218.692° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 19:20:35.163Z	353.401° N	2025-07-18 19:21:35.163Z	318.358° NNW	41.734°	2025-07-18 19:24:35.163Z	223.049° SW
4 mins	2025-07-18 19:29:35.163Z	356.119° N	2025-07-18 19:30:35.163Z	323.677° NNW	41.095°	2025-07-18 19:33:35.163Z	227.583° WSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 19:38:35.163Z	358.919° N	2025-07-18 19:40:35.163Z	285.258° WNW	40.785°	2025-07-18 19:42:35.163Z	232.271° WSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 19:47:35.163Z	1.824° NNE	2025-07-18 19:49:35.163Z	291.999° WNW	40.486°	2025-07-18 19:51:35.163Z	237.083° WSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 20:33:35.163Z	352.799° N	2025-07-18 20:34:35.163Z	319.725° NNW	38.07°	2025-07-18 20:37:35.163Z	242.723° WSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 20:42:35.163Z	356.701° N	2025-07-18 20:43:35.163Z	324.442° NNW	37.441°	2025-07-18 20:46:35.163Z	247.307° WSW
4 mins	2025-07-18 20:51:35.163Z	0.675° NNE	2025-07-18 20:52:35.163Z	329.007° NNW	36.771°	2025-07-18 20:55:35.163Z	251.86° W
4 mins	2025-07-19 15:09:35.163Z	19.467° NNE	2025-07-19 15:11:35.163Z	71.954° E	33.052°	2025-07-19 15:13:35.163Z	125.304° SE
4 mins	2025-07-19 16:04:35.163Z	22.783° NE	2025-07-19 16:06:35.163Z	82.798° E	37.931°	2025-07-19 16:08:35.163Z	141.969° SSE
4 mins	2025-07-19 16:13:35.163Z	19.633° NNE	2025-07-19 16:15:35.163Z	78.74° E	38.804°	2025-07-19 16:17:35.163Z	140.912° SSE
4 mins	2025-07-19 16:22:35.163Z	16.73° NNE	2025-07-19 16:24:35.163Z	74.195° E	39.51°	2025-07-19 16:26:35.163Z	140.014° SSE
4 mins	2025-07-19 16:59:35.163Z	23.962° NE	2025-07-19 17:01:35.163Z	98.893° ESE	41.474°	2025-07-19 17:03:35.163Z	159.264° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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