Quickbird 1

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General

Designation	26617 / 00074A
Launch date	20 Nov 2000
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	600 km, non-sun-synchronous
Inclination	66°
Period
Launch vehicle	Cosmos C

US satellite operated by Earth Watch Inc. The cost of the system is $200 million. Insurance paid $265 for the failure.

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End of life

Out of service	20 Nov 2000
Cause	Not clear yet, possibly a failure of the second stage of the rocket which did not restart at apogee. The satellite would then have falled back to earth.
Decay	21 Nov 2000 close to South America

The satellite is identical to Quickbird 2.

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External resources

sat-index articles

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