Dove-3

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data: Designation  39429 / 13066P Launch date  21 Nov 2013 - 07:10 UT Launch site  Do, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  600 x 823 km Eccentricity   Inclination  97.8° Period  98.9 min

Credit: Planet Labs

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The Dove-3 and 4 mission is a technology demonstration nanosatellite for Cosmogia Inc. for remote sensing purposes based on the triple CubeSat form factor.
• Dove 3 and Dove 4 are probably similar, but will operate from longer living sun synchronous orbits. Both satellites are licensed to collect images of the Earth and will undertake an experimental mission in an 800 km by 597 km and a 700 km circular orbit, respectively, at an inclination of 97.8°.
• Dove 3 conforms to the 3U cubesat specification, with a launch mass of 5.2 kg. Basic physical dimensions are 100 mm × 100 mm × 340 mm, with two 260 mm × 300 mm deployable solar arrays. The Dove 3 load bearing structure is comprised of three 100 mm × 100 mm skeleton plates, with L rails along each 300 mm corner edge. The solar arrays are spring-loaded and burn-wire deployed. Power storage is provided by Lithium-Ion cells. The batteries will be recharged by solar cells mounted on the body of the satellite and on the two deployable solar panels. Dove 3 attitude is approximately determined using the magnetic field vector, measured by onboard magnetometers. Dove 3 attitude will be controlled by a 3-axis magnetorquer controller.
• Cubesats deployed from the Dnepr final stage were:
  • Dove-3, a 3U imaging satellite from PlanetLabs, San Francisco;
  • GOMX-1, a 6kg 2U cubesat test an ADS-B air traffic control receiver, for GOMSpace, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • OPTOS, a 3U satellite from INTA of Spain;
  • Delfi-n3Xt, a 3U cubesat from Delft U. of Tech.;
  • Triton-1, a 3U test of an AIS receiver from ISIS b.v., Netherlands;
  • KHUSAT-1 and 2 3U cubesats from Kyung Hee U., Seoul, to join the CINEMA constellation;
  • Cubebug-2 'Manolito' (2U) from Argentina,
  • NEE-2 'Krysaor' from Ecuadorian Space Agency,
  • ZACUBE-1 'Tshepiso' from South Africa's Cape Peninsula U. of Tech (CPUT);
  • VELOX-P2 from Singapore's Nanyang Tech U., UWE-3 from U. Wurzburg, and First-MOVE from Tech. U. Munich;
  • FUNCUBE-1 for AMSAT-UK, and Hincube-1 from Narvik University College.

Satellite tracking: