An Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket will launch six SkySat Earth Observation Satellites and four Dove CubeSats for San Francisco-based company Planet. Minotaur-C is an upgraded, re-branded Taurus rocket after the original product encountered a pair of launch failures on two consecutive NASA missions in 2009 and 2011, therefore this mission is treated as a Return to Flight and suffered a number of delays as a result of final paperwork dealing with the RTF effort.

Mission Resources:

➡ Mission Updates

🚀 Launch Vehicle Overview: Minotaur-C

🛰 Payload Overview:  SkySat Second Generation

🛰 Payload Overview: Flock-3m CubeSat Constellation

⏱ Flight Profile

☂ Launch Weather