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FLOCK 4BE-1
PlanetScope SuperDove (PSB.SD) — 8-Band 3m · Planet Labs
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One of 36 SuperDoves in Planet Labs' Flock 4BE batch, launched on SpaceX Transporter-11 in August 2024 alongside Planet's first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1. Flock 4BE-1 carries the 47-megapixel, 8-band PSB.SD sensor producing 3-meter resolution imagery across a 20 × 12-mile swath, one node in Planet's daily global monitoring constellation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 267–269 mi (430–433 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 93.1 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60518
- Int’l designator
- 2024-149BC
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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