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Satellite:
FLOCK
Satellite details
Acronym
FLOCK
Full name
FLOCK
Satellite Description
Constellation of nano-satellites (3U CubeSats) designed for maintaining over 180 active flight units at any time.
Main mission: high-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring.
The satellites are in a variety of low-earth orbits. A reference orbit is sunsynchronous, 475 km, 10:30 descending.
Mass at launch
5 kg
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
475 km
ECT
10:30 desc
Space agency
Planet
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
New generations of Dove satellites launched since 2016:
50 Dove Pilot Satellites in 2016
150 Dove Satellites in 2017
24 Dove-R Satellites in 2018
120 SuperDove Satellites from 2019-2022
Launch
09 Jan 2014
EOL
≥2040
Last update:
2022-03-21
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
FLOCK
Acronym
Full name
FLOCK
FLOCK
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
FLOCK
Instrument
Full name
Start date
EOL date
Status
NRT data
Instrument landing page
Comments
FLOCK
FLOCK
Apr 2014 *
≥2040 *
Active *
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* The information in this field is estimated or assumed