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Arianespace Flight VV13 – MOHAMMED VI - B (EN)

Version Française ici: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvTOWQ1t8M For its ninth launch of the year, and the 13th Vega mission since this launcher began its ...

Décollage du 13e lancement Vega

Mardi 20 novembre, Vega décollait du Centre spatial guyanais pour placer sur orbite le satellite MOHAMMED VI - B.

Mohammed VI-B

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Ariane Launch Area 1 Kourou, French Guiana

A second Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. It was developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus. Satellite will be in particular used for mapping and land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.

Vega

Family: Vega
Configuration:

Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

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Specifications

Stages
4
Length
29.9 m
Diameter
3.025 m
Fairing Diameter
2.6 m
Launch Mass
137 T
Thrust
2974 kN

Family

Name
Vega
Family
Vega
Variant
―
Alias
―
Full Name
Vega

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$37000000
Low Earth Orbit
1500 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1450 kg

Arianespace

CEO: Stéphane Israël Founded: 1980 Successes: 125 Failures: 7 Pending: 34

Agency Type: Commercial

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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Kourou, French Guiana

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