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European Space AgencyLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceVega-C · Maiden flight
Launched 2022-07-13 13:13:17 UTCAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Medium Earth Orbit
Worldwide
83rd
orbital launch attempt in 2022
European Space Agency
1st
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
239 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.
Launch Provider
Multinational · France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Czechia, Romania, Norway, Finland, Greece, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia · Founded 1975 · Director General Josef Aschbacher
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Launches
7
Successful
6
86%
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch announced a success on the webcast
spacevogel
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Liftoff
spacevogel
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New T-0
spacevogel
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New T-0
spacevogel
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Setting GO and adjusting NET
Jay
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NET July 13, pending suitable conditions for launch
Jay
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Setting GO
SwGustav
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Targeting July 7 at 11:13 UTC
Nosu
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NET July 7
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting the first week of July
Nosu
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NET July 2022
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May
Nosu
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NET April 2022
Nosu
Height
34.8m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
3,300kg
Liftoff thrust
2,974kN
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