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Vol VV25 – Sentinel-1C | Lancement Vega C I Arianespace

Le jeudi 5 décembre 2024 à 18h20 heure locale (21h20 UTC et 22h20 CET), le lanceur Vega C (mission VV25) a décollé du port spatial européen de Kourou, en Guyane française, plaçant avec succès le satel...

Volo VV25 – Sentinel-1C | Lanciatore Vega C I Arianespace

Il giovedì 5 dicembre 2024, il lanciatore Vega C (missione VV25) è decollato dal Centro spaziale della Guyana, nella Guyana francese, alle 18:20 ora locale (21:20 UTC, 22:20 CET). Vega C ha collocato ...

Sentinel-1C

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Sentinel-1C carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. It is a replacement satellite to complete the Sentinel-1 duo after Sentinel-1B suffered a technical anomaly.

Updates

SwGustav • Dec. 6, 2024, 1:32 a.m.

Launch success


hitura-nobad • Dec. 5, 2024, 9:20 p.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • Dec. 5, 2024, 8:42 p.m.

Official Webcast by arianespace has started


Nosu • Dec. 4, 2024, 7:37 p.m.

Delayed by a day due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 30, 2024, 4:31 a.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Vega-C

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Configuration:

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    4
  • Length
    30.1 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    136.0 T
  • Thrust
    2974.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Vega-C
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Vega-C
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $48000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Avio S.p.A

Avio S.p.A

(Avio)

CEO: Giulio Ranzo Founded: 1908 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 2

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Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.

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