Flock · Earth Observation
DOVE 2
NonoperationalEarth ObservationLEONORAD 39132
DOVE 2 is a United States earth observation satellite, part of the Flock constellation, launched on April 19, 2013 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 289 km
- Periapsis
- 266 km
- Inclination
- 64.85°
- Orbital period
- 90.06 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Planet Labs
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-015C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39132
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Flock
- Radar cross-section
- 0.056 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
- Decay / reentry
- June 30, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 30, 2026
- Time in service
- 13.2 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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