FLOCK

NORAD 42998 · COSPAR 2017-068M · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #23956 @ 477 x 495 km x 97.4319 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2022-02-23 20:28 UTC Â· 40612 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

FLOCK 3M-2
1 42998U 17068M 22054.85306840 .00004320 00000+0 16765-3 0 9997
2 42998 97.4319 166.5084 0012832 104.7018 255.5644 15.26568959239566

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

October 31st 2017

Spacecraft age

8 years, 11 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Planet Labs, Inc.

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Minotaur-C

Contractor

Planet Labs, Inc.

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.4319Â°

Period

94.33 min

Perigee

477 km

Apogee

495 km

Eccentricity

0.0012832

RAAN

166.5084Â°

Arg of Perigee

104.7018Â°

Mean Motion

15.26568959 rev/d