Flock 4j-17

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  • Earth-watching satellite
  • FLOCK 4J 17
  • NORAD 100938
  • 2026-227BH
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Flock 4j-17 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Russia

Orbit ends over Kazakhstan

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Flock 4j-17 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Flock 4j-17, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint for the naked eye. What it is up there for reaches the ground as pictures and measurements, not as a light in the sky.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over the Southern Ocean LIVE

Where is Flock 4j-17?

At 4:41:35 PM UTC Flock 4j-17 was over the Southern Ocean (65.1° S, 112.9° W), 540 km up, moving at 7.59 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Flock 4j-17?

A satellite that watches the Earth in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 1, 2026.

Can I see Flock 4j-17?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Flock 4j-17, and nothing here estimates one; what people use is its pictures and measurements of the Earth.

General

Operator
Planet Labs, Inc. (Planet)
State
United States of America
Built by
Planet Labs, Inc. (Planet)
What it is
Earth-watching satellite
Launched
Mass
5.7 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, what it is for, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
4:41 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:41 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
65.1° S, 112.9° W
Altitude
540 km
Speed
7.59 km/s (27,320 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight until 4:58 PM UTC
Inclination
97.4°
Orbital period
94.9 minutes
Orbits per day
15.18
This orbit
505 to 512 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,640 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 7, 2026, 11:47 PM, 16 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 7, 2026, 11:47 PM, 16 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Flock 4j-17, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Flock 4j-17 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

Flock 4j-17 shares its launch, 2026-227, with 98 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
W-SERIES 9Satellite
BRO-23Satellite
TANAGER-2 4004Earth-watching satellite
FOREST-20 ARAUCARIAEarth-watching satellite
SATELIOT_6Communications satellite
ICEYE-X83Earth-watching satellite
TOMORROW-S13Earth-watching satellite
TOMORROW-S12Earth-watching satellite
CRIMSON-1Satellite
BABY BIRDSatellite
ICEYE-X87Earth-watching satellite
MERIDIAN-ACommunications satellite
NUSAT-56 (E MALLADA)Satellite
ALTAIR-1Earth-watching satellite
ATHENE-1Earth-watching satellite
JACK-006Earth-watching satellite
TITANIAEarth-watching satellite
ELEMENT-1Communications satellite
PROJECT SUNCATCHER-M1 60Communications satellite
REASON-1Satellite
HRM-1Satellite
GNOMES-10Communications satellite
MERLIN-1 (MERLIN 01)Satellite
NUSAT-57 (EDMEE CHANDON)Satellite
OBJECT ABEarth-watching satellite
TERRA NOVACommunications satellite
ICEYE-X86Earth-watching satellite
ELEAF-01Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-17Earth-watching satellite
MIKROGLOB-4Satellite
ICEYE-X85Earth-watching satellite
GPDMCommunications satellite
BRO-32Satellite
ION SCV-026Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-23Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-024Satellite
OBJECT APEarth-watching satellite
STARCATCHER-1Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-24Earth-watching satellite
OBJECT ASEarth-watching satellite
HOTSAT-3Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-025Satellite
SATELIOT_9Communications satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-22Satellite
OBJECT AXEarth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-20Satellite
OTTER 24CSatellite
OBJECT BASatellite
GOMX-5Satellite
OSSIEDSatellite
MIKROGLOB-2Satellite
LEMUR-2-VARUNCommunications satellite
OBJECT BFEarth-watching satellite
OBJECT BGSatellite
MIKROGLOB-3Satellite
RADIX-MSatellite
RADIX-ASatellite
LEMUR-2-MDQURESHICommunications satellite
LEMUR-2-WHITEHOTCREWCommunications satellite
SATELIOT_5Communications satellite
SATELIOT_7Communications satellite
GHGSAT-C18Earth-watching satellite
OBJECT BSEarth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 18Earth-watching satellite
GHGSAT-C19Earth-watching satellite
GYEONGGISAT-2AEarth-watching satellite
UASATNANOCommunications satellite
SATELIOT_8Communications satellite
SPRITESpace telescope
FLOCK 4J 7Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 1Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 2Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 3Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 4Earth-watching satellite
SIDLOC PQ-03Communications satellite
NIS-PQCommunications satellite
OBJECT CGEarth-watching satellite
ERMINAZ-2VCommunications satellite
SIDLOC PQ-06Earth-watching satellite
OBJECT CKEarth-watching satellite
ERMINAZ-2UCommunications satellite
NUSAT-64 (GLADYS WEST)Satellite
OBJECT CNCommunications satellite
UNNE-1BCommunications satellite
HADES-LCommunications satellite
SIDLOC PQ-05Satellite
FLOCK 4J 5Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 6Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 8Earth-watching satellite
MOI-1AEarth-watching satellite
OSIRIS-ESatellite
FLOCK 4J 9Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 10Earth-watching satellite
FLOCK 4J 11Communications satellite
FLOCK 4J 12Satellite
FLOCK 4J 13Satellite
FLOCK 4J 15Satellite
FLOCK 4J 16Satellite

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
Flock 4j-17505 to 512 km95 minutes5.7 kg2026
PAZ507 to 510 km95 minutesabout 1.4 t2018
WorldView-3612 to 615 km97 minutesabout 2.8 t2014
SAOCOM 1A622 to 624 km97 minutesabout 3 t2018
ALOS-2630 to 632 km97 minutesabout 2.1 t2014
SMAP681 to 683 km98 minutes944 kg2015

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 7, 2026, 11:47 PM, 16 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "FLOCK 4J 17",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-227BH",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-07T23:47:41.140896",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.18166674,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00050635,
  "INCLINATION": 97.4463,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 20.9136,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 54.2286,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 305.9418,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 100938,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 565,
  "BSTAR": 0.00034669006,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00007019,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}