Dove-2
| Dove-2 | |
|---|---|
| Country: |
 United States
|
| Operator: | Planet Labs |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2013-015C |
| Mission dates | |
| Size: | 10 x 10 x 30 cm³ |
| Begin: | April 19, 2013, 10:00 UTC |
| Starting place: | Baikonur |
| Launcher: | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Orbit data | |
| Orbit inclination : | 64.9 ° |
| Apogee height : | 582 km |
| Perigee height : | 559 km |
Dove-2 is an earth observation satellite from the US company Planet Labs (formerly Cosmogia ) in San Francisco , California .
The satellite was launched on April 19, 2013 10:00 UTC from Baikonur together with the Bion-M1 biosatellite and the five small satellites AIST 2 , Beesat-2 , Beesat-3 , OSSI 1 and SOMP with a Soyuz 2.1a rocket . On April 21, he was separated from Bion-M1.
Structure and payload
The Dove-2 is a 3U size Cubesat . The satellite has a small camera and is intended to demonstrate the technical possibilities of how inexpensive satellites can be built using COTS components.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ April 2013.
- ^ Three Years in Space. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Russian biosatellite launched with small animals. RIA Novosti, April 19, 2013, accessed April 20, 2013 .