Flock-1 1-28

Flock-1 1-28

USA

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	1998-067
Launch date	09 Jan 2014
Launch site	WI, Pad 0A
Launch vehicle	Antares 120
Mission	Technology
Deployment Date	see tabel

	Flock-1 1	Flock-1 2	Flock-1 3	Flock-1 4	Flock-1 5	Flock-1 6	Flock-1 7	Flock-1 8	Flock-1 9	Flock-1 10
Norad ID	39513	39514	39512	39515	39518	39519	39520	39521	39525	39526
Int. code	1998-067DH	1998-067DJ	1998-067DG	1998-067DK	1998-067DL	1998-067DM	1998-067DN	1998-067DP	1998-067DQ	1998-067DR
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	km	km	km	km	km	km	km	km	km	km
Inclination	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min

	Flock-1 11	Flock-1 12	Flock-1 13	Flock-1 14	Flock-1 15	Flock-1 16	Flock-1 17	Flock-1 18	Flock-1 19	Flock-1 20
Norad ID	39527	39528	39529	39530	39531	39532	39555	39556	39559	39560
Int. code	1998-067DS	1998-067DT	1998-067DU	1998-067DV	1998-067DW	1998-067DX	1998-067DY	1998-067DZ	1998-067EC	1998-067ED
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	km	354 x 358 km	km	km	km	km	km	357 x 361 km	km	344 x 348 km
Inclination	deg	51.6 deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	51.6 deg	deg	51.6 deg
Period	min	91.5 min	min	min	min	min	min	91.6 min	min	91.3 min

	Flock-1 21	Flock-1 22	Flock-1 23	Flock-1 24	Flock-1 25	Flock-1 26	Flock-1 27	Flock-1 28
Norad ID	39557	39558	39561	39562	39563	39564	39565	39566
Int. code	1998-067EA	1998-067EB	1998-067EE	1998-067EF	1998-067EG	1998-067EH	1998-067EJ	1998-067EK
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	km	km	km	km	km	km	km	km
Inclination	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg	deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min

Note: (067xx?) Ref.7(JR695)


Satellite	Deployment from ISS	Re-Entry	Mission Duration
Satellite	Deployment from ISS	Re-Entry	(dd:hh:mm)
Flock 1-1	February 11, 2014 - 08:31 UTC	June 09, 2014 - 07:26 UTC	117:22:55
Flock 1-2	February 11, 2014 - 08:31 UTC	May 24, 2014 - 16:25 UTC	102:07:54
Flock 1-3	February 11, 2014 - 12:41 UTC	May 15, 2014 - 02:30 UTC	92:13:49
Flock 1-4	February 11, 2014 - 12:41 UTC	June 18, 2014 - 04:18 UTC	126:15:37
Flock 1-5	February 12, 2014 - 08:30 UTC	June 02, 2014 - 05:17 UTC	109:20:47
Flock 1-6	February 12, 2014 - 08:30 UTC	June 15, 2014 - 01:04 UTC	122:16:34
Flock 1-7	February 15, 2014 - 07:00 UTC	June 05, 2014 - 21:38 UTC	110:10:43
Flock 1-8	February 15, 2014 - 07:00 UTC	May 25, 2014 - 12:55 UTC	99:05:55
Flock 1-9	February 15, 2014 - 10:55 UTC	July 6, 2014 - 04:15 UTC	140:17:20
Flock 1-10	February 15, 2014 - 10:55 UTC	June 14, 2014 - 08:17 UTC	118:21:22
Flock 1-11	February 13, 2014 - 08:20 UTC	June 13, 2014 - 06:20 UTC	119:22:00
Flock 1-12	February 13, 2014 - 08:20 UTC	Oct 26, 2014
Flock 1-13	February 14, 2014 - 04:15 UTC	July 2, 2014 - 01:39 UTC	137:21:24
Flock 1-14	February 14, 2014 - 04:15 UTC	June 20, 2014 - 03:41 UTC	125:23:26
Flock 1-15	February 14, 2014 - 11:45 UTC	May 20, 2014 - 15:56 UTC	95:04:11
Flock 1-16	February 14, 2014 - 11:45 UTC	June 20, 2014 - 04:09 UTC	125:16:24
Flock 1-17	February 25, 2014 - 17:00 UTC	May 19, 2014 - 09:03 UTC	82:16:03
Flock 1-18	February 25, 2014 - 17:00 UTC	Oct 29, 2014
Flock 1-19	February 26, 2014 - 07:35 UTC	June 02, 2014 - 16:44 UTC	96:09:09
Flock 1-20	February 26, 2014 - 07:35 UTC	Oct 09, 2014 (.23)
Flock 1-21	February 26, 2014 - 04:20 UTC	May 25, 2014 - 13:00 UTC	88:08:40
Flock 1-22	February 26, 2014 - 04:20 UTC	June 04, 2014 - 17:27 UTC	98:13:07
Flock 1-23	February 27, 2014 - 01:50 UTC	July 10, 2014
Flock 1-24	February 27, 2014 - 01:50 UTC	June 16, 2014 - 09:26 UTC	109:07:36
Flock 1-25	February 27, 2014 - 07:40 UTC	June 24, 2014 - 09:10 UTC	117:01:30
Flock 1-26	February 27, 2014 - 07:40 UTC	June 10, 2014 - 13:50 UTC	103:06:10
Flock 1-27	February 28, 2014 - 04:20 UTC	May 03, 2014 - 00:43 UTC	63:20:23
Flock 1-28	February 28, 2014 - 04:20 UTC	June 03, 2014 - 00:31 UTC	94:20:11

Launched together with: Cygnus CRS-1 - ArduSat 2 - LituanicaSAT 1 - LitSAT 1 - SkyCube - UAPSat 1

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Planet Labs
Platform	CubeSat (3U)
Operator	Planet Labs
Mass at launch	5 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

The Flock-1 earth observing constellation built and operated by Planet Labs (formerly Cosmogia Inc.) consists of 28 triple CubeSats.
Leveraging on the Dove 1, 2, 3 and 4 prototypes, the 28 Flock-1 satellites are to be launched as piggy-back payloads on a single launch on an Antares-120 booster, which lofts the Cygnus CRS-1 transporter towards the ISS, where they will be deployed from the Kibo airlock by Nanoracks deployers.
The satellites operate in a relative short-lived 400 km Orbit with an inclination of 52°.

Mission details:

The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), in the grasp of the Kibo laboratory robotic arm, is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the ISS as it deploys a set of NanoRacks CubeSats on Feb 11.

The first two Flock-1 satellites, 3U Dove-class Earth imaging cubesats for the San Francisco based company PlanetLabs, were deployed by the JEM RMS at about 0831 UTC on Feb 11 2014. By Feb 15 all 16 satellites from the first Nanoracks bag had been ejected.
The MPEP was returned to the Kibo module on Feb 19, 2014 and Wakata loaded a new set of NanoRacks cubesat deployers on it on Feb 20, 2014. On Feb 25 Wakata sent the MPEP back out of the Kibo airlock and JAXA controllers grappled it with the JEM-RMS, moving it to the deploy position again. Deployments of the second batch of satellites began later the same day. All the PlanetLabs satellites had been ejected by early on Feb 28. The five remaining satellites, of 1U and 2U size, were ejected from a single deployer at 0730 UTC Feb 28. They are -
- Ardusat-2 from Nanosatisfi Inc., San Francisco, with an Arduino processor
- SkyCube-1 from Southern Stars Group LLC, San Francisco, with an Earth imager
- UAP-SAT from Universidad Alas Peruanas, Lima.
- Litsat-1 from the Lithuanian Space Association, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- LituanicaSat-1 from Kaunas Tech Univ. in Kaunas, Lithuania.

External links:

Flock-1 Information

Ref.: #3(SD499,500,504), #7(JR694,695), #14, #110, #228 - update: 16.01.15

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