Vega | OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS)
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Launch Window
Aug. 2, 2017, 1:58 a.m. - Aug. 2, 2017, 1:58 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 2, 2017, 1:58 a.m. - Aug. 2, 2017, 1:58 a.m.
OptSat 3000 is an Earth imaging satellite built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Italian military. It will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 600km. It will have a mission life of more than six years. Launched along with it is VENµS, Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite. This is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite jointly built by the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. Besides the scientific mission of terrestrial environment monitoring, the satellite is also tasked with verification and validation of the Hall Effect thruster in space.
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
See DetailsAvio 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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