Flock-3r 1-16 satellite

Flock-3r 1-16

US

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	2018-096 (see table)
Launch date	29 Nov 2018 - UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-CA (C43)
Mission	Imaging
Earth orbit: (see table)

Launched together with: HySIS - BlackSky Global 1 - Lemur-2 84/87 - CICERO 8 - Hiber 1 - HSAT 1 - CASE - Centauri 1 - FACSAT 1 - InnoSat 2 - Reaktor Hello World - 3Cat 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-3r 1	Flock-3r 2	Flock-3r 3	Flock-3r 4	Flock-3r 5	Flock-3r 6	Flock-3r 7	Flock-3r 8
	Dove 105A	Dove 105B	Dove 105D	Dove 105E	Dove 105F	Dove 1057	Dove 1058	Dove 1060
Norad ID
Int. code	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096
Deployment date
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	km	km	km	km	km	km	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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

	Flock-3r 9	Flock-3r 10	Flock-3r 11	Flock-3r 12	Flock-3r 13	Flock-3r 14	Flock-3r 15	Flock-3r 16
	DOVE 1061	DOVE 1059	DOVE 1064	DOVE 1066	DOVE 210B	DOVE 210C	DOVE 2107	DOVE 2152
Norad ID
Int. code	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096	18096
Deployment date
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee	km	km	km	km	km	km	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	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

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.: #7(JR) - update: 30.11.18