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SkyBee A01, A02

SkyBee A01 [constellr]

SkyBee A01 and A02 are advanced thermal infrared imaging satellites to precisely monitor global land surface temperatures. They are developed by emerging Copernicus contributor constellr as part of their High-precision Versatile Ecosphere (HiVE) satellite constellation, a network of thermal monitoring satellites.

The first satellite of the HiVE constellation, SkyBee-1, is equipped with two payloads:

  • an eleven-band visible near infrared (VNIR) instrument and
  • a four-band thermal infrared camera.

It is expected to deliver thermal data with a spatial resolution of 30 meters, with temperatures accurate to 1-2 Kelvin.

Nation: Germany
Type / Application: Earth Observation
Operator: constellr
Contractors: constellr
Equipment: thermal-infrared camera
Configuration:
Propulsion:
Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SkyBee A01 (SkyBee 1) 2025-009BQ 14.01.2025 Va SLC-4E Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with MBZ-SAT, W-Series 2, Garai A, SIGI 1, FGN-100 d1, Pelican 2, ICEYE X41, X42, X44, X45, Lyra 1, Firefly 1, 2, 3, IRIDE-MS2-HEO 1, �uSat 45, NORSAT 4, Jay C, D1, D2, SkyBee A01, ION-SCV 014, 016, Sedna 2, LOGSATS 2 PoSAT 2, Skylink 1, 2, HADES R, Hydra T, HYPE-AGH, POQUITO, PROMETHEUS 1, Impulse 2, Bluebon, FossaSat 2E20, Ray 1.0, Balkan 1, GESat GEN1, PAUSAT 1, Centauri 7, 8, SatGus, SATurnin 1, BRO 16, Edison 1, FOREST 3, AE1c, AE1d, Buzzer 1, Connecta-IoT 5, ..., 8, Elevation 1, OTTER, SCOT, TROLL, AlAinSat 1, ANSER L-S, Flock-4g 1, ..., 36, FUSION 1, InnoCubE, IRIS F2, F3, Lemur-2 197, ..., 202, LIME, PARUS T1, HCT-Sat 1, TechEdSat 22, Veery 0F, FossaSat 2E18, 2E19
SkyBee A02 (SkyBee 2) 2025-135S 23.06.2025 Va SLC-4E Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Nyx Mission Possible, W-Series 4, VanZyl 2, Capella 17, T1DES 1, Arvaker 2, 3, SkyBee A02, Lyra 3, ICEYE X52, ..., X57, IRIDE-MS2-HEO 2, ..., 6, 8, 9, GHGSat C12, C13, Startical IOD-2, ForgeStar 1, GRUS 3α, BIFROST, ElaraSat MMS1, EarthDaily 1, Pulsar 0, ION-SCV 018, Lemur-2 TBD1, TBD2, ION-SCV 020, Otter Pup 2, Hubble 4, 5, Hubble 6, 7, PADRE, BRO 18, AddCube, AE2a, AE3Va, ARCSTONE, Connecta-IoT 9, ..., 12, DUTHSat 2, Hyperfield 1B, M�BIUS 1, SATMAR, Sejong 2, FossaSat 2E21, JACK 001, PARUS T2, QUICK�, SATORO T3, TPA 1, Time Flies, UND-ROADS 1, 2, Good Ancestor Kilakila, HORIS 1, 2, RIDUSAT,

Launch Sites:

  • Va =   Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA   USA

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