Re-Entry: Flock 1E-7

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Photo: NASA
Photo: NASA

Planet Labs’ Flock 1E-7 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on July 16, 2016 after almost exactly one year in orbit, collecting Earth imagery that Planet Labs offers on the commercial market.

NORAD ID: 40726
Object: Flock-1 CubeSat, 3U
Mass: 4.5kg
Released from ISS: July 14, 2015 – 23:40 UTC
Origin: USA
Inclination: 51.6°

Re-Entry Prediction: July 16, 2016 – 21:15 UTC +/- 120 Minutes
Re-Entry Zone: Unknown

Satellite Description: Flock-1 represents a constellation of three-unit CubeSats operated by Planet Labs to build an Earth-observation constellation based on CubeSats. The satellites were first released from ISS in February 2014 to start orbiting Earth for several months, acquiring images of chosen ground targets.

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Image: Spaceflight101/Orbitron
Image: Spaceflight101/Orbitron
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