Flock-1
Mission type | Earth imaging |
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Operator | Planet Labs |
Website | www |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
Bus | Dove |
Launch mass | 5 kg (11 lb) |
Dimensions | 10 cm × 10 cm × 30 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 11.8 in) (3U) |
Power | 20 watts |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Flock-1 is a CubeSat satellite constellation launched on 9 January 2014. The satellite is built in a CubeSat bus, and each constellation consists of 28 satellites. All instruments are powered by solar cells mounted on the spacecraft body, along with triple-folded wings, providing approximately 20 watts at maximal power.
Launch
Flock-1 constellation was launched from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0, Wallops Island, on 9 January 2014 by an Antares 120 rocket. The satellites were deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) from 11 February 2014 to 28 February 2014.[1]
Another Flock start in January 2015 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Mission
The satellite is intended for commercial Earth observation service. For this purpose, each satellite is equipped with a camera capable of 3 to 5 m (9.8 to 16.4 ft) ground resolution. Details of intended service by individual satellites were never released publicly and are largely unknown.
References
- ^ "Flock-1, -1b, -1c, -1d, -1d', -1e, -1f, -2b, -2e, -2e', -2k, -2p, -3m, -3p, -3p', -3r, -3s, -4a, -4e, -4e', -4p, -4s, -4v, -4x".
External links
- Flock-1 Archived 30 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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- Kosmos 2495
- Ekspress AM4R
- USA-251
- USA-252
- Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498, Kosmos 2499
- ALOS-2, Raijin-2, UNIFORM-1, SOCRATES, SPROUT
- Eutelsat 3B
- Soyuz TMA-13M
- Kosmos 2500 / GLONASS-M 755
- AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, BRITE-Montreal, BRITE-Toronto, BugSat 1, Deimos-2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, KazEOSat 2, Perseus-M1, Perseus-M2, SaudiSat-4, TabletSat-Aurora, UniSat-6 (Lemur-1, Tigrisat), Flock-1c × 11
- SPOT 7, CanX-4, CanX-5
- OCO-2
- Gonets-M × 3
- Meteor-M No.2
- O3b × 4
- CRS Orb-2 (Flock-1b × 28, TechEdSat-4)
- Orbcomm-OG2 × 6
- Foton-M No.4
- Progress M-24M
- USA-253 / GSSAP 1, USA-254 / GSSAP 2, USA-255 / ANGELS
- Georges Lemaître ATV
- USA-256
- AsiaSat 8
- Yaogan 20 A, B, C
- WorldView-3
- Gaofen 2, Heweliusz
- Galileo FOC-1, Galileo FOC-2
- Chuangxin 1-04, Lingqiao
- AsiaSat 6
- Yaogan 21, Tiantuo 2
- MEASAT 3b, Optus 10
- USA-257
- SpaceX CRS-4
- Soyuz TMA-14M
- Olimp-K
- Shijian XI-07
- Himawari 8
- IRNSS-1C
- ARSAT-1, Intelsat 30
- Yaogan 22
- Ekspress AM6
- Chang'e 5-T1, 4M
- Shijian 11-08
- Cygnus CRS Orb-3† (Arkyd-3†, Flock-1d × 26†)
- Progress M-25M
- USA-258 / GPS IIF 8
- Meridian 7
- Sasuke, Hodoyoshi 1, Kinshachi 1, Tsukushi, TSUBAME
- Yaogan 23
- Yaogan 24
- Kuaizhou 2
- Soyuz TMA-15M
- Kosmos 2501
- Hayabusa2, PROCYON, Shinen 2, DESPATCH
- Orion EFT-1
- DirecTV-14, GSAT-16
- CBERS-4
- Yaogan 25 A, B, C
- USA-259
- Yamal-401
- O3b × 4 (FM9 to FM12)
- Kondor-E No.2
- IPM
- Kosmos 2502
- Resurs-P No.2
- Yaogan 26
- Astra 2G
- Fengyun 2-08
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