Flock-4v 1-26 satellite

Flock-4v 1-26

USA

Spacecraft nº:

US spacecraft nº:

Launch data:

Designation	2020-061 (see table)
Launch date	03 Sep 2020 - 01:51 UTC
Launch site	Ko, ELV
Launch vehicle	Vega
Mission	Dove Imaging
Earth orbit: (see table)

Launched together with: Athena - ION-SVC Lucas - ESAIL - UPMSat 2 - NEMO-HD - NuSat 6 - GHGSat C1 - Lemur-2 112/119 - SpaceBEE 10/21 - FSSCat A/B - NAPA 1 - TARS - Tyvak 0171 - OSM 1 CICERO - DIDO 3 - PICASSO - SIMBA - TRISAT - AMICal-Sat - TTU100

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-4v 1	Flock-4v 2	Flock-4v 3	Flock-4v 4	Flock-4v 5	Flock-4v 6	Flock-4v 7	Flock-4v 8	Flock-4v 9	Flock-4v 10
	Dove 227C	Dove 2256	Dove 2412	Dove 2274	Dove 240F	Dove 225B	Dove 227B	Dove 2416	Dove 2419	Dove 2254
Norad ID	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
Int. code	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee (km)	533 x 535
Inclination	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

	Flock-4v 11	Flock-4v 12	Flock-4v 13	Flock-4v 14	Flock-4v 15	Flock-4v 16	Flock-4v 17	Flock-4v 18	Flock-4v 19	Flock-4v 20
	Dove 2424	Dove 2307	Dove 241C	Dove 227A	Dove 2402	Dove 2403	Dove 2426	Dove 2413	Dove 2414	Dove 2406
Norad ID	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
Int. code	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee (km)
Inclination	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20

	Flock-4v 21	Flock-4v 22	Flock-4v 23	Flock-4v 24	Flock-4v 25	Flock-4v 26
	Dove 2408	Dove 240A	Dove 2401	Dove 2405	Dove 240C	Dove 2407
Norad ID	44	44	44	44	44	44
Int. code	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061	20061
Earth orbit
Perigee / Apogee (km)
Inclination	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg	97.5 deg
Period	min	min	min	min	min	min
Decay	21	22	23	24	25	26

Flock 4v-15 to 4v-26 Imaging Aboard ION-SVC

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.

Ref.: #7(JR783) - update: 20.01.21