Vega | Sentinel-2B

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March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m. - March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m.

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Flight VV09 – Sentinel-2B | Vega Launch | Arianespace

Arianespace has successfully launched the Sentinel-2B satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The launch took place on Monday, Marc...

Sentinel-2B liftoff

Replay of the Sentinel-2B liftoff on a Vega launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 01:49 GMT (02:49 CET) on 7 March 2017. Sentinel-2B is the second satellite in the Sentinel-2 mission f...

Arianespace has successfully launched the Sentinel-2B

FLIGHT VV09: ARIANESPACE USES VEGA TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH THE SENTINEL-2B SATELLITE FOR EUROPE’S COPERNICUS PROGRAM Arianespace has successfully launched the Sentinel-2B satellite for the European Co...

Flight VV09 | Vega Best of Liftoff | Arianespace

Continuing Vega’s track record of success, Arianespace’s ninth flight with the lightweight launcher delivered Europe’s Sentinel-2B Earth observation satellite to orbit tonight during a mission perform...

Sentinel-2A

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

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

Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.

Vega

Family:
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
    137.0 T
  • Thrust
    2974.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Vega
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
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  • Full Name
    Vega
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $37000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1450.0 kg

Avio S.p.A

Avio S.p.A

(Avio)

CEO: Giulio Ranzo Founded: 1908 Successes: 1 Failures: 0 Pending: 24

Agency Type:

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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