What is the Dove satellite?

Our Doves, which make up the world's largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites, “line scan” the planet to image the entire Earth daily. We launch new satellites into orbit every three or four months. read more

Dove satellites are 3U (1U = 10 x 10 x 10 cm) category cubesats. It is designed and manufactured by Planet Labs, an American Earth Imaging company. These satellites will image the Earth continuously and with their constellation of satellites they provide a resolution of 3 - 5 m. read more

The fleet of Dove satellites, to be launched in 2014, will operate in a relatively low orbit of only 450 km. The operational satellites will be similar to Dove-1 and -2, capable of taking images with resolutions of 3-5 m/pixel. read more

Planet Labs was founded in 2010 as Cosmogia by former NASA scientists Chris Boshuizen, Will Marshall, and Robbie Schingler. Planet Labs launched two demonstration CubeSats, Dove 1 and Dove 2, in April 2013. Dove 3 and Dove 4 were launched in November 2013. read more