Flock-1d′ 1-2

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Launch data: Designation  1998-067 (see table) Launch date  10 Jan 2015 - 09:47 UT Launch site  CC, CLC-40 Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.1 Mission  Technology Launch platform  ISS Kibo, LEO

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The 2 Flock 1d´ were replacement satellites for the Flock 1d satellites, lost in launch failure.
• The were launched on the Dragon CRS-5 mission in early 2015 to be deployed from the ISS in short-lived 400 km Orbit with an inclination of 52°. They were deployed on 03 March 2015.

Mission details:

• Flock-1d´ cubesats was launched on board of Dragon CRS-5 (SC7) from Cape Canaveral on Jan 10, 2015.
• Inside Dragon are two PlanetLabs Flock-1d´ cubesats and the AESP-14 1U cubesat from Brazil´s space agency AEB and the ITA technical institute. On Jan 12 Dragon was grappled by the SSRMS arm at 1054 UTC and berthed on the Harmony module at 1354 UTC. The cubesats were transferred internally to the Kibo module and will be deployed from the Kibo airlock. CATS was grappled by the Dextre robot on 2015 Jan 22 and unberthed from Dragon around 0700 UTC; it was then handed off to the JEM-RMS at around 1030 UTC and installed on the Kibo Exposed Facility at location EFU3 at about 1400 UTC.

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