SkySat 8 to 13 & Flock-3m 1 to 4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:37:00

Tuesday October 31, 2017

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

SkySat 8 to 13

Wiki

SkySat-3 to 21 (SkySat C1 to C19) are commercial Earth observation satellites by Skybox Imaging, licensed to collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the earth. The satellites operate in a polar inclined, circular orbit at approximately 450 km above the earth. Skybox becomes only the fifth organization licensed to provide high resolution space-based imagery of Earth.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

6 Payloads

720 kilograms

Flock-3m 1 to 4

Wiki

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 imaging system, but five satellites were fitted with experimental systems working in different optical spectral bands.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

4 Payloads

20 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Minotaur C (Taurus)

Active Since 1994

Northrop Grumman logo

Agency

Northrop

Price

$45.00 million

Rocket

Height: 27.9m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,458 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.34m

Stages

4

Launch Site

SLC-576E

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

82 days 2 hours

Stats

Minotaur C (Taurus)


10th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2017

2017


72nd

Orbital launch attempt