Flock-1e 1-14 satellite

Flock-1e 1-14

US

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	15021 (see table)
Launch date	14 Apr 2015 - 20:10 UT
Launch site	CC, SLC-40
Launch vehicle	Falcon-9v1.1
Mission	Technology

Launched together with: Dragon CRS-6 - Arkyd-3-Reflight - Centennial 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 cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Design lifetime

	Flock-1e 1	Flock-1e 2	Flock-1e 3	Flock-1e 4	Flock-1e 5	Flock-1e 6	Flock-1e 7	Flock-1e 8	Flock-1e 9	Flock-1e 10
Norad ID	40722	40723	40725	40724	40728	40729	40726	40727	40736	40737
Int. code	1998-067GF	1998-067GE	1998-067GH	1998-067GG	1998-067GL	1998-067GM	1998-067GJ	1998-067GK	1998-067GN	1998-067GP
Deployment date	13 Jul 2015 - 16:40	13 Jul 2015 - 16:40	14 Jul 2015 - 04:31	14 Jul 2015 - 04:31	14 Jul 2015 - 15:45	14 Jul 2015 - 15:45	14 Jul 2015 - 23:40	14 Jul 2015 - 23:40	15 Jul 2015 - 06:01	15 Jul 2015 - 06:01
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	395x401 km	394x401 km	395x400 km	396x401 km	395x402 km	395x402 km	395x402 km	396x401 km	396x401 km	397x401 km
Inclination	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	18 May 2016 (.4)	05 Mar 2016 (.58)	29 May 2016 (.6)	23 June 2016 (.9)	20 June 2016 (.5)	21 July 2016 (.0)	16 July 2016 (.9)	22 June 2016 (.71)	08 Feb 2016 (.1)	09 Aug 2016 (.8)

	Flock-1c 11	Flock-1c 12	Flock-1c 13	Flock-1c 14
Norad ID	40738	40739	40740	40741
Int. code	1998-067GQ	1998-067GR	1998-067GS	1998-067GT
Deployment date	15 Jul 2015 - 13:15	15 Jul 2015 - 13:15	15 Jul 2015 - 22:49	15 Jul 2015 - 22:49
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	395x402 km	396x402 km	396x401 km	396x400 km
Inclination	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg
Period	min	min	min	min
Decay	09 Aug 2016 (.9)	09 Aug 2016 (.6)	24 Aug 2016 (.5)	31 Jul 2016 (.0)

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.

Mission details:

Between Jul 13 and Jul 16, 2015 the NanoRacks team supported the Kibo RMS based deployment of the cubesats delivered on CRS-6: 14 3U cubsats for PlanetLabs, the 3U Arkyd-3R from Planetary Resources, and the 1U Centennial-1 from Booz Allen.

Ref.: #3(SD520-521,523,524,525,526), #7(JR714), #14 - update: 07.03.17