SKYSAT C5

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NORAD ID: 41772

Int'l Code: 2016-058C

Perigee: 501.3 km

Apogee: 504.3 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 94.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6873 km

RCS: Unknown

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

SKYSAT-C5 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 41772U 16058C   19176.22530319  .00000295  00000-0  15336-4 0  9998
2 41772  97.3986 246.8066 0002228  86.1705 349.4629 15.23378461153992

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC