SkySat · Earth Observation
SKYSAT-B
Partially operationalEarth ObservationLEO
SKYSAT-B is a Planet Labs, Inc. earth observation satellite, part of the SkySat constellation, launched on July 8, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 8, 2014 at 03:58 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 607 km
- Periapsis
- 601 km
- Inclination
- 98.38°
- Orbital period
- 96.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Planet Labs, Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Skybox Imaging
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 82 kg
- Design lifetime
- 6 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-037D
- NORAD catalog №
- 40072
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- SkySat
- Radar cross-section
- 0.362 m²
- Status
- Partially operational