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FLOCK 4BE 22, 60494

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 22, 60494 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

60494, 2024-149AC

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

18 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 (9 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 18 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 22
1 60494U 24149AC  25123.76917608  .00016073  00000-0  60226-3 0  9996
2 60494  97.4064 202.2060 0003992 291.4822  68.5991 15.27341483 39556

Epoch: 2025-05-03T18:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T18:27:36.813Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

63.39593°

Altitude

485.865 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 28m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

48.91619°

Longitude

55.59338°

Altitude

492.858 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 15m 39s

Apparent Declination

8° 23' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:48:18

Azimuth

316.264° NNW

Elevation

-30.911°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

483.458 km

Perigee altitude

477.981 km

Semi-major axis

6,858.856 km

Eccentricity

0.0003992

Inclination

97.4064°

RAAN

202.206°

Arg. of periapsis

291.4822°

True anomaly

68.6417°

Mean anomaly

68.5991°

Eccentric anomaly

68.6204°

Mean motion

3.8209 °/min

BSTAR

0.00060226

Orbital period

94.22 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

FLOCK 4BE 34, 60495

TYCHE, 60496

FLOCK 4BE 32, 60497

NUSAT-48 (H. LEAVITT), 60498

FLOCK 4BE 30, 60499

NUSAT-49(K.VON NEUMANN), 60500

FLOCK 4BE 22 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	2025-05-04 18:37:16.464Z	333.618° NNW	2025-05-04 18:39:16.464Z	274.186° WNW	27.219°	2025-05-04 18:41:16.464Z	231.147° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-05 05:11:16.464Z	163.046° S	2025-05-05 05:13:16.464Z	146.147° SSE	42.756°	2025-05-05 05:16:16.464Z	350.808° N

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