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Vega lifted off for the final time on 2024-09-05 at 01:50 UTC.

Welcome everyone! The final flight of Vega has arrived.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-05 01:50 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-09-04 22:50 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France | | Launch vehicle | Vega | | Payloads | Sentinel 2C | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment into Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Arianespace (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZzcOxxeMyA | | Arianespace (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgrF4wPqS8E | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vELtvL2syE | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y59evtZ0mE0 |

Stats

☑️ 1st Vega mission of 2024, 24th and final Vega mission overall

☑️ 2nd Arianespace mission of 2024, 298th mission overall

Payload info

NextSpaceflight

Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission developed by ESA as part of the Copernicus Programme to perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring, land cover change detection, and natural disaster management.

ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission provides high-resolution optical imagery for a wide range of applications including land, water and atmospheric monitoring. The mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites flying in the same orbit but 180° apart: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B. Together, they cover all of Earth’s land and coastal waters every five days.

The satellites each carry a high-resolution multispectral imager that generates optical images in the visible, near-infrared and shortwave-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. From their altitude of 786 km, they provide continuous imagery in 13 spectral bands with resolutions of 10 m, 20 m and 60 m, with a large swath width of 290 km.

Sentinel-2C is the third in the Sentinel-2 series. Once commissioned in orbit, it will replace its predecessor, Sentinel-2A. Later, Sentinel-2D will replace Sentinel-2B. This all ensures the continuity of imagery for Copernicus Services and beyond.

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!

Welcome everyone! It's time for another new rocket!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-07-09 19:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-07-09 16:00 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana | | Launch vehicle | Ariane 62 | | Payloads | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment of payloads into Low Earth Orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ESA (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oFpOJaIYc | | ESA (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfNPzSOalEU | | ESA (Deutsch) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_87OnvB_fQ | | ESA (clean feed) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXamYYJpQk | | Arianespace (English) | | | Arianespace (Français) | | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhzzFK5sgs | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ch6wPRb4Og | | NASASpaceflight | | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WGk5XSNXk | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPAG2TG63oA |

Stats

☑️ 1st ever Ariane 6 mission

☑️ 1st ESA mission of 2024, 15th mission overall

Payload info

• SpaceCase SC-X01: Test platform for reentry technologies such as new-generation ablative materials for thermal protection systems.
• GRBBeta: 1U CubeSat – Gamma Ray Burst detection
• ISTSAT: 1U CubeSat – Characterisation of aircraft’s ‘cone of silence’ and in-flight performances of a custom-made Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.
• 3Cat4: 1U CubeSat – Techno demo Flexible Microwave Payload.
• OOV-Cube: Microsatellite – IoT agriculture use case demo.
• CuriumOne: With a duplicate ASTRIS Engineering Qualification Model PCB as primary payload.

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!

Launch window: Tuesday 9th of July from 21 - 24 CEST

English Live stream

German Live Stream