FLOCK 4G-18
Launch
Launched on Jan 14, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 18:21 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Planet Labs
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Planet Labs
Launched
Jan 14, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
465 km
Perigee
459 km
Inclination
97.40°
Period
1.56 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 4G-18 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-20.0 km
Rate
-0.19 km/day
Now
459 × 465 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
60 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-009 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).
- BUZZER-1 · 62609
- FLOCK 4G-26 · 62633
- FLOCK 4G-28 · 62634
- GARAI-A · 62635
- FLOCK 4G-20 · 62636
- FLOCK 4G-24 · 62637
- FLOCK 4G-3 · 62639
- NUSAT-45 (UZMASAT-1) · 62640
- FLOCK 4G-27 · 62641
- FLOCK 4G-29 · 62642
- ANSER LEADER-S · 62644
- FLOCK 4G-22 · 62645
- FLOCK 4G-25 · 62646
- FLOCK 4G-23 · 62647
- LIME · 62648
- AE1C · 62649
- FLOCK 4G-34 · 62650
- FLOCK 4G-21 · 62651
- FLOCK 4G-31 · 62652
- PAUSAT-1 · 62653
- BRO-16 · 62654
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AY · 62655
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AZ · 62656
- EDISON-1 · 62610
…and 36 more from this launch.
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