August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... so quickly and effectively if we had simply manifested on a single launch. The launches of our first two satellites, Dove 1 and Dove 2, were initially scheduled to be several months apart. As luck would have it, the launch dates ended up two days...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... based in Silicon Valley that has launched an incredible number of 73 Doves (3 unit CubeSats) since April 20135. But the most remarkable aspects ... was to build a first Minimum Viable Product (a Dove) with off-the-shelf technology, launch it, learn ...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... beat India,’’ observed a space analyst. The PEASS-1 satellite during construction in the Netherlands. Some of Planet’s 88 small ‘Dove’ satellites flown into orbit aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Apparently shaken by the success of the...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
... sensing satellite company Planet, formerly Planet Labs. As per this contract, three of Planet's Dove satellites will be launched on Electron vehicles. A Dove satellite is a three-unit cubesat and weighs about five kilograms. According to Mike Safyan...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... one launch vehicle not reach orbit, there are waves of next generation Planet Labs’ CubeSats, called Doves, ready to “fly.” Time speeds up Changing also is the time required from design to deployment. For both the...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
When Nanoracks was created a decade ago it became the first company in the world to own and market its own hardware on the International Space Station. In doing so it faced a number of philosophical challenges, in particular because the notion of a ...
