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SKYSAT-C1
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Planet's third SkySat and first with improved optics delivering 72 cm resolution. SkySat-C1 is the pathfinder for Planet's second-generation constellation that can image any point on Earth every day at sub-meter resolution — a surveillance cadence previously achievable only by nations with dedicated intelligence satellite programs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 282–285 mi (454–459 km)
- Inclination
- 97.0°
- One orbit
- 93.6 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41601
- Int’l designator
- 2016-040C
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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