Orbview 6

Also called GeoEye 2, Worldview 4, S2348

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General

Designation	41848 / 16067A
Launch date	11 Nov 2016
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	640 km sun-synchronous
Inclination	98°
Period	97 min
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #66

Launch initially planned in late-2012. Started service in Feb 2017.

Will feature significant improvements to its predecessors, including enhanced tasking and the ability to collect more imagery at a faster rate with a new ITT camera capable of 0.31 m panchromatic resolution and 1.24 m multispectral resolution.

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End of life

Out of service	late 2018
Cause	Gyroscope failure rendered the satellite unfit. The satellite was insured for $183 million. Insured accepted to pay.
Decay	30 Nov 2021

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Lockheed Martin
Platform
Mass at launch	2070 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

ITT provided the imaging payload.

TT&C: downlink: 8389 MHz; uplink: 2052 MHz

Data downlink: 8025-8400 MHz

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