Dnepr launch with Multiple Satellites - November 21, 2013

• #100 by Skyrocket on 11 Dec, 2013 15:34
• Quote from: osiossim on 06 Dec, 2013 13:50

  Quote from: Danderman on 05 Dec, 2013 22:16

  
  http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/skybox-launch-successful-satnews/368624
  
  Friday, November 22, 2013
  Skybox Launch Successful
  
  SkySat-1 from Skybox Imaging, "an emerging provider of timely high-resolution satellite imagery and full motion video" launched successfully yesterday from a Russian launch site. According to the report:
  
  After much anticipation, Skybox Imaging (NSG: SKYB) of Mountain View, California today launched the company’s first satellite (SkySat-1) into orbit. The success of this launch on a Russian Dnepr vehicle led NSG Analysts to improve Skybox’s ranking from #12 to #7 on the NSG 100 index ... Skybox becomes only the fifth organization licensed to provide high resolution space-based imagery of Earth.
  
  

  
  This news still does not prove that the satellite is working properly, at least as much as Skybox company announced.
  
  Their facebook and twitter accounts are still silent about the consequence of the satellite and on their web site the latest news is from 22.11.2013 http://skyboximaging.com/news and it says "Skybox Launch Successful".
  
  But, what about the satellite? At least the company should have distributed one single spot image to clear the mist over the issue.
  
  It would be good to know the perfomance of the COTS components on space.
  

  
  Here are the first images from SkySat 1: http://skybox.com/news/SkySat1FirstLight
• #101 by pericynthion on 11 Dec, 2013 17:38
• Quote from: Skyrocket on 11 Dec, 2013 15:34

  Here are the first images from SkySat 1: http://skybox.com/news/SkySat1FirstLight
  

  
  Great pictures! Congratulations, Skybox!
• #102 by osiossim on 12 Dec, 2013 11:02
• Great news. Congratulations to Skybox. This is a real innovation and revolution for the earth observation satellite technology.
  
  And the COTS are really working in space
  
  So, I wonder about the geolocation accuracy and processing duration of these images, from L0 to L3.
• #103 by Fuji on 20 Jan, 2014 23:17
• WNISAT-1 is operating one person ops.   
  Only one PC Interesting !
  
  http://www.axelspace.com/special/20140120/  (Japanese)

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• #104 by Fuji on 24 Jan, 2014 03:21
• WNISAT-1 first observation image was released.
  http://www.axelspace.com/info/press20140123/  (Japanese)
  This was taken in Dec. 20th, 2013

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• #105 by gwiz on 28 Jan, 2014 15:52
• All the payloads except Pocket-PUCP are now identified on Space-Track.org.
• #106 by Fuji on 30 Jan, 2014 01:00
• DubaiSat-2 successfully passes JAXA's Propulsion System Test
  http://www.zawya.com/story/DubaiSat2_successfully_passes_JAXAs_Propulsion_System_Test-ZAWYA20140129085906/
  

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  The propulsion system is designed to support and align the satellite position in orbit, allowing the control of satellite altitude above ground level and modifying it automatically in the event of any deviation through a set of predetermined and saved commands sent from the control station.
• #107 by Websorber on 22 Feb, 2014 06:54
• $50SAT PocketQube Amateur Radio Challenge
  
  The little guy is still going strong
  over 90 days in space !!
  
  http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/21/50sat-amateur-radio-challenge/