Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Dove-2 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Planet Labs, Inc. |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Technology Development |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
559 |
Apogee (km) |
582 |
Eccentricity |
0.00165694114256898 |
Inclination (degrees) |
64.88 |
Period (minutes) |
96.08 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
5.8 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
|
Date of Launch |
19-04-2013 |
Expected Lifetime |
.5 yrs. |
Contractor |
Planet Labs, Inc. |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Soyuz 2-1A |
COSPAR Number |
2013-015C |
NORAD Number |
39132 |
Comments |
Remote sensing; also an internal company technology demonstration experiment to test the capabilities of a low-cost spacecraft constrained to the 3U cubesat form factor to host a small payload. |