Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
SkySat-2 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Skybox Imaging |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Remote Sensing |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
626 |
Apogee (km) |
634 |
Eccentricity |
0.000571428571428571 |
Inclination (degrees) |
98.4 |
Period (minutes) |
97.31 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
90 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
08-07-2014 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
Skybox Imaging |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Soyuz-2.1b |
COSPAR Number |
2014-037D |
NORAD Number |
40072 |
Comments |
Will collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the Earth. |