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FLOCK 4BE 24, 60505

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FLOCK 4BE 24, 60505 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

60505, 2024-149AP

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 (1 year 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 11 hours ago

0 FLOCK 4BE 24
1 60505U 24149AP  25236.72923525  .00010301  00000-0  35221-3 0  9990
2 60505  97.4012 314.8613 0003937 251.5988 108.4825 15.30452411 56833

Epoch: 2025-08-24T17:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T17:30:05.925Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

79.09115°

Altitude

478.423 km

Speed

7.626 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 59m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:37:39

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

474.11 km

Perigee altitude

468.717 km

Semi-major axis

6,849.55 km

Eccentricity

0.00039

Inclination

97.4012°

RAAN

314.8613°

Arg. of periapsis

251.5988°

True anomaly

108.52528°

Mean anomaly

108.4825°

Eccentric anomaly

108.50389°

Mean motion

3.82869 °/min

Orbital period

94.03 mins

BSTAR

0.00035221

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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 24 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	2025-08-25 04:38:21.708Z	113.711° SE	2025-08-25 04:40:21.708Z	67.33° ENE	22.061°	2025-08-25 04:42:21.708Z	24.357° NE
4 mins	2025-08-25 17:37:21.708Z	49.037° ENE	2025-08-25 17:39:21.708Z	104.785° ESE	26.633°	2025-08-25 17:41:21.708Z	151.656° SSE