SKYSAT C8

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NORAD ID: 42990

Int'l Code: 2017-068D

Perigee: 482.5 km

Apogee: 488.3 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 94.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6856 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 31, 2017
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

SKYSAT C8 is a commercial Earth-imaging spacecraft owned by Planet, a San Francisco-based company. A SkySat satellite is about the size of a dorm room refrigerator—measuring 2.5 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet (95 by 60 by 60 centimeters). SkySats satellites collect imagery with resolution as sharp as 2.6 feet (80 centimeters). The strength of the SkySat multi-satellite constellation is its revisit capability, allowing rapid refresh views of imaging targets around the world, and the video recording capability is a unique offering in the commercial remote sensing market.

1 42990U 17068D   24138.89233968  .00022020  00000-0  77853-3 0  9991
2 42990  97.3650 264.7020 0004234 228.6266 131.4610 15.29184452365913

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC