Flock · Earth Observation
FLOCK 2K-17
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FLOCK 2K-17 is a United States earth observation satellite, part of the Flock constellation, launched on July 14, 2017 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 14, 2017 at 06:36 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Kanopus-V-IK
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 168 km
- Periapsis
- 158 km
- Inclination
- 96.78°
- Orbital period
- 87.75 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Planet Labs
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-042BR
- NORAD catalog №
- 42888
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Flock
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 26, 2022
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 26, 2022
- Time in service
- 4.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed