SKYSAT C9

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NORAD ID: 42989

Int'l Code: 2017-068C

Perigee: 457.1 km

Apogee: 460.5 km

Inclination: 97.2 °

Period: 93.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6829 km

RCS: Unknown

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

SKYSAT C9 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 42989U 17068C   20151.09353425  .00001027  00000-0  29488-4 0  9999
2 42989  97.2289 264.9885 0002498  53.5845 306.5631 15.38113478143470

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC