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FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043 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

55043, 2023-001AL

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 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)

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 12 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4Y 11
1 55043U 23001AL  25115.16297273  .00046921  00000-0  81363-3 0  9990
2 55043  97.3778 185.0710 0008099 142.2869 217.8952 15.50708360128662

Epoch: 2025-04-25T03:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T03:54:40.843Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-87.02318°

Altitude

422.133 km

Speed

7.656 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 20m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-17.42309°

Longitude

-84.18158°

Altitude

426.59 km

Speed

7.652 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 04m 38s

Apparent Declination

-28° 22' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:28:46

Azimuth

324.636° NNW

Elevation

-76.293°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

417.079 km

Perigee altitude

406.081 km

Semi-major axis

6,789.717 km

Eccentricity

0.0008099

Inclination

97.3778°

RAAN

185.071°

Arg. of periapsis

142.2869°

True anomaly

217.83824°

Mean anomaly

217.8952°

Eccentric anomaly

217.86672°

Mean motion

3.87941 °/min

BSTAR

0.00081363

Orbital period

92.8 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 33, 55042

STERNULA-1, 55044 (Decayed)

NUSAT-34 (AMELIA EARHART, 55045

LYNK TOWER 3, 55046

FLOCK 4Y 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.
4 mins	2025-04-25 16:52:31.701Z	51.132° ENE	2025-04-25 16:54:31.701Z	101.868° ESE	21.136°	2025-04-25 16:56:31.701Z	146.849° SSE
4 mins	2025-04-26 04:50:31.701Z	190.302° SSW	2025-04-26 04:51:31.701Z	241.236° WSW	41.462°	2025-04-26 04:54:31.701Z	340.711° N

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