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Kosmos-3M | QuickBird 1
Production Corporation Polyot132/1 (132L) — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- QuickBird 1
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The QuickBird satellites were commercial Earth imaging satellites with 1 m to 61 cm resolution owned by EarthWatch, later DigitalGlobe. QuickBird 1 launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk, but was lost due to launch vehicle failure, when the vehicle failed to circularize its orbit. It reentered still attached to the upper stage.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Family
- Kosmos
- Variant
- -3M
- Provider
- Production Corporation Polyot
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 132/1 (132L)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 62.8832, 40.8685