Blacksky Pathfinder 1

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General

Designation	41787 / 16059E
Launch date	26 Sep 2016
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	668/710 km
Inclination	98.2°
Period	99.4 min
Launch vehicle	PSLV #38

Demo satellite for the US company Blacksky aiming to develop a constellation (60 satellites) of 1m resolution earth observation satellites.
The Blacksky satellites will be built by LeoStella (a joint venture between Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space). They will use water thrusters.

3 years lifetime, 1m resolution (0.24 m telescope). 56 kg at launch

The first 4 operational satellites should be launched in 2019. Support operations will be provided by Atlas, a company providing a global antenna network. https://www.atlasground.com/

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External resources

https://www.blacksky.com/
sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

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