Flock-3k 1-12 satellite

Flock-3k 1-12

USA

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	2018-111 (see table)
Launch date	27 Dec 2018 - 02:07 UT
Launch site	Vo, LC-1S
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-2-1a Fregat-M
Mission	Dove Imaging
Earth orbit: (see table)

Launched together with: Kanopus-V 5/6 - GRUS 1 - Lemur-2 88/95 - D-Star ONE iSat - D-Star ONE Sparrow - ZACUBE 2 - Lume 1 - UWE 4

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 cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Design lifetime

	Flock-3k 1	Flock-3k 2	Flock-3k 3	Flock-3k 4	Flock-3k 5	Flock-3k 6	Flock-3k 7	Flock-3k 8
	Dove 1062	Dove 106C	Dove 1068	Dove 1063	Dove 1067	Dove 1069	Dove 106A	Dove 106B
Norad ID	43894	43895	43892	43893	43899	43896	43902	43901
Int. code	18111U	18111V	18111S	18111T	18111Z	18111W	18111AC	18111AB
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	480x512 km	480x512 km	480x512 km	480x512 km	480x 512 km	480x512 km	480x510 km	480x510
Inclination	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

	Flock-3k 9	Flock-3k 10	Flock-3k 11	Flock-3k 12
	DOVE 1065	DOVE 106D	DOVE 106E	DOVE 106F
Norad ID	43906	43905	43904	43903
Int. code	18111AG	18111AF	18111AE	18111AD
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	480x510 km	480x510 km	480x510 km	480x509 km
Inclination	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg	97.30 deg
Period	min	min	min	min
Decay	9	10	11	12

Description:

The Flock earth observing constellation built and operated by Planet Labs (formerly Cosmogia Inc.) consists of numerous triple CubeSats. The Flock-1 and Flock-1b constellations consist of each 28 satellites in medium inclination orbits. The Flock-1c constellation features 11 satellites in longer lived polar orbits.
The majority of the satellites featured a standard RGB imagging system, but five satellites were fitted with experimental systems working in different optical spectral bands.

Ref.: #7(JR) - update: 29.12.18