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PlanetScope SuperDove (PSB.SD) — 8-Band 3m · Planet Labs
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One of the Flock 4G SuperDoves launched on Transporter-12, feeding Planet's continuously updated global basemap. This satellite is one of 36 identically equipped spacecraft that together compress the time between images of any given location on Earth.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 284–287 mi (457–462 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 93.6 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 62680
- Int’l designator
- 2025-009BZ
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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