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FLOCK 4BE 11, 60501

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 11, 60501 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

60501, 2024-149AK

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 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 (10 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 11 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 11
1 60501U 24149AK  25169.67134944  .00008438  00000-0  30250-3 0  9999
2 60501  97.4035 247.9266 0006618 123.8026 236.3845 15.28952471 46578

Epoch: 2025-06-18T16:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-18T16:06:44.591Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

99.09077°

Altitude

484.56 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 31m 42s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-81.90599°

Longitude

164.85174°

Altitude

511.223 km

Speed

7.605 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 54m 02s

Apparent Declination

-63° 56' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:33:35

Azimuth

169.61° S

Elevation

-65.279°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

480.432 km

Perigee altitude

471.36 km

Semi-major axis

6,854.033 km

Eccentricity

0.00066

Inclination

97.4035°

RAAN

247.9266°

Arg. of periapsis

123.8026°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

236.3845°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.82493 °/min

Orbital period

94.12 mins

BSTAR

0.0003025

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

OBJECT A, 60468

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 11 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.
6 mins	2025-06-19 04:48:42.714Z	138.171° SSE	2025-06-19 04:51:42.714Z	66.33° ENE	30.658°	2025-06-19 04:54:42.714Z	6.014° NNE
4 mins	2025-06-19 17:49:42.714Z	37.577° NE	2025-06-19 17:51:42.714Z	125.901° SE	36.041°	2025-06-19 17:53:42.714Z	170.913° S

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