San Francisco-based Planet has traveled the world researching and booking launches for its Dove, SkySat and RapidEye Earth-imaging spacecraft, a 150-member network that is currently the world's largest satellite constellation. On Dec. 27, Planet's Mike Safyan, vice president for launch, journeyed to Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome, located at 51 deg. N. Lat. in Russia's Far East Amur Oblast region near the Chinese border, to watch as a Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off with 12 Planet Dove cubesats flying as secondary payloads.
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机译：总部位于旧金山的Planet环球旅行社为其Dove，SkySat和RapidEye Earth-Imaging宇宙飞船进行了研究和预订发射，这是一个有150个成员的网络，目前是世界上最大的卫星星座。 12月27日，Planet的发射副总裁Mike Safyan前往位于51度的俄罗斯Vostochny Cosmodrome。 N. Lat。在中国边界附近的俄罗斯远东阿穆尔州地区，观看Soyuz-2.1a火箭升空，其中12架“行星鸠”立方体卫星作为辅助载荷飞行。
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