Flock-2b 1-14 satellite

Flock-2b 1-14

US

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	(see table)
Launch date	19 Aug 2015 - 11:50 UT
Launch site	Tanegashima, YLP-2
Launch vehicle	H-2B-304
Mission	Imaging
Earth orbit: (see table)

Launched together with: HTV-5 - SERPENS - S-Cube - GOMX 3 - AAUSAT 5

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-2b 1	Flock-2b 2	Flock-2b 3	Flock-2b 4	Flock-2b 5	Flock-2b 6	Flock-2b 7
Norad ID	40950	40951	40952	40953	40954	40955	40956
Int. code	98067HB	98067HC	98067HD	98067HE	98067HF	98067HG	98067HH
Deployment date	6 Oct 2015 - 01:15	6 Oct 2015 - 01:15	6 Oct 2015 - 04:30	6 Oct 2015 - 04:30	6 Oct 2015 - 08:31	6 Oct 2015 - 08:31	6 Oct 2015 - 11:45
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	400x404 km	398x406 km	399x405 km	401x403 km	396x409 km	396x409 km	396x408 km
Inclination	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
Decay	22 Sep 2016 (.0)	02 Oct 2016(.78)	14 Oct 2016 (.4)	17 Oct 2016 (.35)	25 Sep 2016 (.7)	22 Aug 2016	21 Sep 2016 (.4)

	Flock-2b 8	Flock-2b 9	Flock-2b 10	Flock-2b 11	Flock-2b 12	Flock-2b 13	Flock-2b 14
Norad ID	40957	40958?	40959?	11	12	40979	40980
Int. code	98067HJ	98067HL	98067HK			98067HM	98067HN
Deployment date	6 Oct 2015 - 11:45	7 Oct 2015 - 00:10	7 Oct 2015 - 00:10	11	12	7 Oct 2015 - 12:25	7 Oct 2015 - 12:25
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	397x408 km	397x408 km	397x408 km	11 km	12 km	395x408 km	396x408 km
Inclination	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	51.6 deg	deg	deg	51.7 deg	51.7 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	22 May 2016 (.33)	16 Oct 2016 (.56)	12 Oct 2016 (.0)	11	12	11 Oct 2016 (.0)	12 Sep 2016 (.8)

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:

Ref.: #3(SD523,526,527,528), #7(JR716-717) - update: 28.03.17