SKYSAT C6

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NORAD ID: 42992

Int'l Code: 2017-068F

Perigee: 499.9 km

Apogee: 516.8 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 94.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6879 km

RCS: Unknown

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

SKYSAT C6 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 42992U 17068F   18319.27421764  .00000774  00000-0  37404-4 0  9993
2 42992  97.4157  71.2709 0012234  21.0707  36.0314 15.21530059 57668

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC