Spacetrack Directory Name | DOVE 4 |
Orbit launches | 2013-11-21 |
Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
Starting point | DLS (Dombarovsky Air Base, Russia) |
WWW | Here |
Perigee | 524 km |
Apogee | 568 km |
Crowd-funded femto-satellite by start-up company STADOKO to test miniaturized thrusters, 3-axis control and a new image based navigation system. It is equipped with a camera system to take pictures of the Earth, Sun and Deep Space. In addition to the conventional gyro- and magnetic field attitude sensors, those three components will constitute an adaptive feedback guidance system. Camera and 4 pulsed plasma thrusters. A 3 axis reaction wheel and a colour camera.
satellite DOVE 4 Date of exalting 21.11.2013y.