Dove 2

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Description:

• The Dove-1 mission is a technology demonstration nanosatellite for Cosmogia Inc. for remote sensing purposes based on the triple CubeSat form factor.
• The goal of the mission is:
  • build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components;
  • to show that a bus constrained to the 3U cubesat form factor can viably host a small camera payload; and
  • demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost.
• The Dove 2 mission is 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. Dove 2 is licensed to collect images of the Earth and will undertake a short-duration experimental mission in a 290 km by 575 km orbit at an inclination of 64.9°. It will be launched in 2013 as a piggyback payload on a Soyuz-2-1b launch.

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