Dove-4

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

Dove 4 similar. Credit: Planet Labs

Spacecraft data:

• 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°.
• Cubesats to be deployed from Unisat-5 were:
  • ICUBE-1 for Inst. of Space Technology, Islamabad.
  • PUCPSat-1 for Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima.
  • HUMSAT-D for University of Vigo, Spain.
  • Dove-4 (3U), Earth imaging satellite for PlanetLabs.
    One of these may not yet have been deployed.