// optical imaging · 2025

GENA-OT

European technology demonstration CubeSat. GENA-OT was launched on November 28, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2025-276BBNORAD 66715United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Flock 4h-12
Common name: GENA-OT
Payload designation: Dove 2554
International designator: 2025-276BB
NORAD catalog number: 66715
GCAT identifier: S66715

Mission

Mission type: Optical imaging
Use: Commercial
Program: Flock-4
Owner: Planet
Country: United States
Builder: Planet Labs, Inc. (Planet)
Platform (bus): Cubesat 3U

Launch

Date: November 28, 2025 · 18:44 UTC
Launch record: 2025-276Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Vandenberg · pad SLC4E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 512 km
Apogee: 513 km
Inclination: 97.44°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: Nov 28, 2025

Size

Mass: 6 kg
Dry mass: 6 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.3 m

Launched together

Formosat-8AOptical imaging · TASA W-Series 5Microgravity · Varda Space Umbra 11Radar imaging · Umbra Labs MICE-1Technology · Rashid Space Ctr

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136684289 (CC0).