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FLOCK 4Y 33, 55042

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4Y 33, 55042 is a payload satellite owned by Planet (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 03 Jan 2023 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

55042, 2023-001AK

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

3 days 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)

2023-01-03 (2 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, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.108 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 3 days ago

0 FLOCK 4Y 33
1 55042U 23001AK  25118.13677516  .00059413  00000-0  91413-3 0  9998
2 55042  97.3758 189.4613 0006364 126.0423 234.1421 15.54010150129243

Epoch: 2025-04-28T03:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T03:16:57.373Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-76.13287°

Altitude

410.7 km

Speed

7.663 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 37m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-30.49373°

Longitude

102.74039°

Altitude

415.935 km

Speed

7.66 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 12m 07s

Apparent Declination

-35° 20' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:58:37

Azimuth

67.248° ENE

Elevation

-79.734°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

406.266 km

Perigee altitude

397.636 km

Semi-major axis

6,780.088 km

Eccentricity

0.0006364

Inclination

97.3758°

RAAN

189.4613°

Arg. of periapsis

126.0423°

True anomaly

234.08302°

Mean anomaly

234.1421°

Eccentric anomaly

234.11256°

Mean motion

3.88768 °/min

BSTAR

0.00091413

Orbital period

92.6 mins

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Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 2023 (2023-01-03 UTC)

OBJECT A, 55009

FLOCK 4Y 28, 55033 (Decayed)

LYNK TOWER 4, 55034

FLOCK 4Y 3, 55035 (Decayed)

UMBRA-05, 55036

LEMUR 2 EMMACULATE, 55037 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 MMOLO, 55038 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 1, 55039 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 16, 55040

SKYKRAFT-1, 55041

FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043

STERNULA-1, 55044 (Decayed)

NUSAT-34 (AMELIA EARHART, 55045

LYNK TOWER 3, 55046

FLOCK 4Y 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	2025-05-01 16:50:20.929Z	52.493° ENE	2025-05-01 16:52:20.929Z	94.454° ESE	16.555°	2025-05-01 16:54:20.929Z	137.02° SSE
4 mins	2025-05-02 04:46:20.929Z	166.019° S	2025-05-02 04:48:20.929Z	354.584° N	43.428°	2025-05-02 04:50:20.929Z	348.776° N

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