Mission:
Primary: Launch of 58 Starlink-10 communication satellites. Tenth launch of Starlink v1.0. For the future low-orbit commercial Internet system StarX.
Additional: Rideshare. Launch of three Earth remote sensing satellites SkySat from Planet Labs. Small satellites for obtaining high-resolution photographic images of the Earth.
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18 2020 14:31 UTC. -40 (SLC-40),
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- SkySat satellites are the Earth remote sensing satellite of the commercial constellation of Planet Labs. The smallest satellites with an image resolution of less than a meter per pixel (panchromatic camera).
→ Link to high quality image
→ Starlink website
→ Information from Everyday Astrounavt
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