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Planet Dove
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Planet Dove is Planet Labs' continuously replenished constellation of small optical satellites, providing daily global coverage of landmasses between approximately 81.5 degrees north and south latitude, constrained by sun elevation. The first Dove prototype launched in April 2013; the operational fleet has since transitioned through Dove Classic and Dove-R generations to the current SuperDove, which carries an eight-band multispectral imager covering 431 to 885 nm with a 32.5 by 19.6 km scene size.[1][2] New flocks operate in sun-synchronous orbits at approximately 525 km and 98 degrees inclination.[1] The constellation achieves approximately one-day global revisit without individual satellite tasking, making it suited to near-real-time land monitoring at medium spatial resolution.[1] Applications include land-cover change detection, deforestation monitoring, crop phenology tracking, and urban change analysis. A USGS system characterisation report confirmed the Dove Classic's radiometric and geometric characteristics for science use.[2]
All fields
| current status | Operational |
| operator | Planet Labs PBC |
| launch vehicle | PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) |
| Launched | 2013-04-19 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous orbit; new flocks at about 525 km and 98 degrees inclination |
| swath km | 32.5 |
| revisit days | 1 |
| tasking supported | No |
| current geographic priority | Landmasses between about 81.5 degrees north and south, constrained by sun elevation |
| claim status | Unclaimed |
Supply chain position
- [1]PlanetScopeoperator datasheet-2026-06-14
- [2]System characterization report on Planet's Dove Classicagency doc2021-01-012026-06-14
- [3]Overview of the Planet Labs Constellation of Earth Imaging Satellitesoperator engineering-2026-06-14
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Planet Dove. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/planet-dove (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:missions:planet-dove,
title = {Planet Dove},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/planet-dove}
}