The employees of Planet Labs, Inc. wanted a LEGO® version of their Dove imaging satellite. At a glance it doesn’t look all that complex - it’s just a box with a lid and some stuff sticking out the bottom. However, the blue paneling seen is the same on all four sides and working this out and keeping it as slender as possible proved to be quite difficult.
Thanks once again to Planet Labs for giving me the challenge!
Co-Founder and CEO, Will Marshall, holding the ACTUAL satellite I was to design.
A look at the actual build of the Dove model.
I would have preferred the ring around the camera lens be black, but at the time this was made, they didn't exist. They do now!
View of the Dove model from the rear.
Side view of the Dove model.
Custom-designed tiles for the antenna.