SKYSAT C2

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NORAD ID: 41773

Int'l Code: 2016-058D

Perigee: 479.7 km

Apogee: 482.3 km

Inclination: 97.0 °

Period: 94.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6851 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 16, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

SKYSAT-C2 is one of the four SkySat aerial imaging platforms owned by Terra Bella, a subsidiary of Google headquartered in Mountain View, California, launched on 16 Sep 2016. Terra Bella has informally named the satellites deployed after Star Wars characters: R2D2, Luke, C3PO and Leia. Each SkySat platform, weighing 242 pounds (110 kilograms), is about the size of a dorm room refrigerator and can capture imagery of objects smaller than 3 feet—about 90 centimeters—and record high-resolution video, a unique capability in the commercial Earth observation market. The SkySat satellites carry a Swedish-developed propulsion system fueled by environmentally-friendly 'green' propellant. The thruster package burns an ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid propellant, replacing the toxic hydrazine more commonly flown on satellites.

1 41773U 16058D   24140.57721800  .00018888  00000-0  63872-3 0  9995
2 41773  97.0148 188.4906 0001886  46.3297 313.8101 15.30664314428748

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC