Poleciał ostatni w tym roku Electron 09.12. o 00:02 z Onenui Station wystartowała RN Electron/Curie, która wyniosła w T+51' 58" na orbitę o parametrach: hp=430 km, ha=430 km, i=42° satelity BlackSky Gen-2 14 i BlackSky Gen-2 15.
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Two missions for @BlackSky_Inc, just 21 days apart. This rapid launch cadence is helping our customers expand their constellations faster, enabling them to deliver real-time data and intelligence#LoveAtFirstInsight #ADataWithDestiny
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BlackSky continues rapid-fire launch campaign with Rocket Lab missionDecember 9, 2021 Stephen Clark
An Electron rocket fires off its launch pad in New Zealand at 7:02 p.m. EST (0002 GMT) with two BlackSky optical Earth imaging satellites. Credit: Rocket Lab(...) The launch was the third mission to deliver BlackSky Earth observation satellites into orbit in less than a month, following a dedicated Rocket Lab mission with two spacecraft Nov. 17, and a SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 2 that carried two BlackSky payloads as rideshare passengers with a batch of Starlink internet satellites. (...)
The new satellites add to BlackSky’s remote sensing spacecraft collecting imagery for sale to commercial customers and the U.S. government.
“That’s two more satellites successfully on orbit and in good shape, topping off our constellation with 12 satellites total,” said Nick Merski, BlackSky’s chief operating officer.
Each BlackSky satellite weighs about 121 pounds (55 kilograms). The satellites are built by LeoStella, a joint venture between BkackSky and Thales Alenia Space, a major European satellite manufacturer. LeoStella’s production facility is located in Tukwila, Washington, a suburb of Seattle.
BlackSky, with offices in Seattle and Herndon, Virginia, is deploying a fleet of small remote sensing satellites to provide high-resolution Earth imagery to commercial and government clients. (...)
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https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3856.msg172100#msg172100BlackSky 14 (BlackSky Global 16)
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/blacksky-global.htmBlackSky 15 (BlackSky Global 17)