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SKYSAT-C3
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Part of Planet's 2016 batch deployment that increased constellation coverage to where Planet could begin offering 'daily revisit' as a commercial product. Daily cadence was the threshold at which satellite imagery became useful for monitoring dynamic situations like active construction, agricultural seasons, and conflict.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 249–250 mi (401–403 km)
- Inclination
- 96.9°
- One orbit
- 92.5 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41774
- Int’l designator
- 2016-058E
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.