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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

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 24
1 60505U 24149AP  25123.92789390  .00014289  00000-0  52233-3 0  9998
2 60505  97.4050 202.5573 0003683 303.3938  56.6948 15.28184435 39591

Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:16:10.032Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

6.4524°

Altitude

482.954 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 30m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.97351°

Longitude

-172.35096°

Altitude

485.289 km

Speed

7.622 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 54m 29s

Apparent Declination

-22° 06' 56"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:26:14

Azimuth

84.629° E

Elevation

-42.051°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

480.72 km

Perigee altitude

475.669 km

Semi-major axis

6,856.332 km

Eccentricity

0.0003683

Inclination

97.405°

RAAN

202.5573°

Arg. of periapsis

303.3938°

True anomaly

56.73008°

Mean anomaly

56.6948°

Eccentric anomaly

56.71244°

Mean motion

3.82301 °/min

BSTAR

0.00052233

Orbital period

94.17 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 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.
6 mins	2025-05-04 17:41:16.643Z	27.934° NE	2025-05-04 17:44:16.643Z	91.711° ESE	33.481°	2025-05-04 17:47:16.643Z	167.853° S
5 mins	2025-05-05 05:50:16.643Z	214.566° SW	2025-05-05 05:52:16.643Z	266.323° W	25.862°	2025-05-05 05:55:16.643Z	324.893° NNW

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