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Planet Flock (Dove)

Planet Labs PBC · United States

Median orbit
469 km · 97.4°
Active
119
Inactive
0
Decayed
537
On orbit
138
Total launched
675
Launches
31
Launched 30 d
0
Launched 365 d
42
First launch
22 Jan 1990
Last launch
07 Jul 2026
Activity scorederived
3.5
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 22:26 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month02004006008001990201420172019202320252026

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month0204060801001990-012014-072017-102019-112023-012025-112026-07

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram0102030300 km400 km500 km600 km700 km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram05010097°97.5°98°98.5°99°99.5°100°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

PerigeeInclinationSatellites
500 km97.00°33
470 km97.00°23
430 km97.00°16
460 km97.00°8
440 km97.00°8
450 km97.00°7
400 km97.00°6
420 km97.00°5
480 km97.00°3
410 km97.00°3

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 31 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2026-15607 Jul 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California11
2026-10003 May 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California33
2025-27628 Nov 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California3835
2025-18826 Aug 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2025-00914 Jan 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California3632
2024-14916 Aug 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California3625
2023-17411 Nov 2023Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California377
2023-00103 Jan 2023Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida360
2022-00213 Jan 2022Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida440
2021-00624 Jan 2021Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida480
2020-07728 Oct 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia90
2020-06103 Sept 2020Guiana Space Centre, Kourou260
2019-08127 Nov 2019Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota120
2019-01801 Apr 2019Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota200
2018-11127 Dec 2018Vostochny Cosmodrome120
2018-09903 Dec 2018Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California41
2018-09629 Nov 2018Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota160
2018-01021 Jan 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia10
2018-00412 Jan 2018Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota40
2017-06831 Oct 2017Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California106
2017-04214 Jul 2017Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)470
2017-00815 Feb 2017Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota880
2016-05816 Sept 2016Guiana Space Centre, Kourou44
2016-04022 Jun 2016Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota131
2014-03708 Jul 2014Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)11
2014-03319 Jun 2014Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site110
2013-06621 Nov 2013Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site31
2013-01621 Apr 2013Wallops Flight Facility / MARS, Virginia10
2013-01519 Apr 2013Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)10
1998-06720 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)1100

Showing the 30 most recent launches.

SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
PELICAN-1169871Active07 Jul 2026582 km588 km97.73°
PELICAN-969019Active03 May 2026483 km488 km97.27°
PELICAN-869018Active03 May 2026482 km487 km97.32°
EDDA-169017Active03 May 2026489 km493 km97.35°
FLOCK 4H-3666739Active28 Nov 2025499 km504 km97.42°
FLOCK 4H-3566738Active28 Nov 2025500 km503 km97.41°
FLOCK 4H-3466737Active28 Nov 2025500 km503 km97.42°
FLOCK 4H-3366736Active28 Nov 2025499 km502 km97.42°
FLOCK 4H-3266735Active28 Nov 2025500 km508 km97.42°
FLOCK 4H-3166734Active28 Nov 2025501 km508 km97.41°
FLOCK 4H-3066733Active28 Nov 2025500 km507 km97.42°
FLOCK 4H-2966732Active28 Nov 2025501 km507 km97.41°

Reentries

Decays by month

537 decays recorded · per month

Decayed satellites per month0102030402013-042016-032018-052022-102024-012025-052026-09

Timeline

Events

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