PATHFINDER 1

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NORAD ID: 41787

Int'l Code: 2016-059E

Perigee: 660.5 km

Apogee: 701.4 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 98.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7051 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 26, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

PATHFINDER 1 is a demonstration satellite for BlackSky Global, a Seattle-based company intending to field a fleet of 60 spacecraft to offer on-demand high-resolution images of any place on the planet. The U.S.-built Earth observing platform weighed about 97 pounds (44 kilograms), and will lay the foundation for BlackSky's commercial remote sensing business, which officials announced in June 2015. The main objective of the pathfinder is to return imagery, an achievement that would prove the basic technology behind the planned commercial Earth-observing satellite fleet. The satellite is designed for three-year lifetimes and will have an imaging resolution of about 3.3 feet (1 meter) from an altitude of 280 miles (450 kilometers).

1 41787U 16059E   24290.04669408  .00002309  00000-0  42691-3 0  9991
2 41787  97.8262 306.5297 0029015 349.8707  10.1910 14.66027812430400

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC