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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

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)

2024-08-16 (11 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, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 33
1 60502U 24149AL  25200.91840371  .00007221  00000-0  26766-3 0  9997
2 60502  97.4046 278.7077 0005482  43.1109 317.0559 15.27911844 51323

Epoch: 2025-07-19T22:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-19T22:02:30.08Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

10.13375°

Altitude

482.404 km

Speed

7.626 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 34m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-25.40466°

Longitude

-172.89289°

Altitude

495.272 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 18m 23s

Apparent Declination

-36° 57' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:49:40

Azimuth

96.533° ESE

Elevation

-60.449°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

482.77 km

Perigee altitude

475.252 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.148 km

Eccentricity

0.00055

Inclination

97.4046°

RAAN

278.7077°

Arg. of periapsis

43.1109°

True anomaly

317.01308°

Mean anomaly

317.0559°

Eccentric anomaly

317.03449°

Mean motion

3.82233 °/min

Orbital period

94.18 mins

BSTAR

0.00026766

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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

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.
5 mins	2025-07-20 17:28:24.092Z	41.154° NE	2025-07-20 17:31:24.092Z	108.151° ESE	23.858°	2025-07-20 17:33:24.092Z	149.226° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-21 05:36:24.092Z	191.596° SSW	2025-07-21 05:39:24.092Z	284.879° WNW	33.965°	2025-07-21 05:41:24.092Z	329.047° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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