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FLOCK 4BE 33, 60502

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 33, 60502 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

60502, 2024-149AL

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

13 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 13 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 33
1 60502U 24149AL  25123.93705780  .00012350  00000-0  47361-3 0  9990
2 60502  97.4058 202.2829 0003489 300.6909  59.3986 15.26633360 39573

Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:29Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:29:21.793Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

2.86994°

Altitude

487.766 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 29m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

51.13251°

Longitude

-5.82998°

Altitude

495.055 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 47m 35s

Apparent Declination

10° 35' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:07:52

Azimuth

314.718° NW

Elevation

-27.395°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.236 km

Perigee altitude

480.448 km

Semi-major axis

6,860.979 km

Eccentricity

0.0003489

Inclination

97.4058°

RAAN

202.2829°

Arg. of periapsis

300.6909°

True anomaly

59.43302°

Mean anomaly

59.3986°

Eccentric anomaly

59.41581°

Mean motion

3.81913 °/min

BSTAR

0.00047361

Orbital period

94.26 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

NUSAT-48 (H. LEAVITT), 60498

FLOCK 4BE 30, 60499

NUSAT-49(K.VON NEUMANN), 60500

FLOCK 4BE 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.
6 mins	2025-05-04 17:55:56.968Z	18.567° NNE	2025-05-04 17:58:56.968Z	138.459° SSE	42.419°	2025-05-04 18:01:56.968Z	185.375° SSW
4 mins	2025-05-05 04:31:56.968Z	112.563° SE	2025-05-05 04:33:56.968Z	66.51° ENE	21.991°	2025-05-05 04:35:56.968Z	24.442° NE

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