FLOCK 4Q-28
Launch
Launched on Nov 11, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-02 19:05 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Planet Labs
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Planet Labs
Launched
Nov 11, 2023
Mass
—
Apogee
396 km
Perigee
390 km
Inclination
97.39°
Period
1.54 h
Part of the Planet (Dove / SuperDove) constellation · this satellite is one of 111 (planned: 200)
Planet Labs cubesat Earth-imaging fleet — daily imagery of every spot on Earth.
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for FLOCK 4Q-28 across 97 days of archived orbital elements (98 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-17.1 km
Rate
-0.18 km/day
Now
390 × 396 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
41 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-174 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).
- FLOCK 4Q-27 · 58282
- FLOCK 4Q-26 · 58284
- FLOCK 4Q-31 · 58285
- FLOCK 4Q-30 · 58286
- ICEYE-X31 · 58288
- FALCONSAT-10 · 58291
- ICEYE-X34 · 58294
- SPACEVAN-001 · 58295
- PELICAN-1 · 58296
- UMBRA-07 · 58297
- SPIP · 58298
- AETHER-2 · 58299
- ION SCV-013 · 58300
- LEO EXPRESS 1 · 58301
- ICEYE-X35 · 58302
- FLOCK 4Q-29 · 58304
- FLOCK 4Q-22 · 58306
- FLOCK 4Q-33 · 58308
- FLOCK 4Q-35 · 58309
- FLOCK 4Q-7 · 58318
- FLOCK 4Q-2 · 58320
- PROTOMETHEE · 58321
- FLOCK 4Q-9 · 58322
- OBSERVER-1A · 58323
…and 17 more from this launch.
Sources & further reading
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