Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Gaia
Gaia is a space observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 2013 and expected to operate until 2022. The spacecraft is designed for astrometry: measuring the positions, distances, and motions of stars with unprecedented precision. The mission aims to construct by far the largest and most precise 3D space catalog ever made, totalling approximately 1 billion astronomical objects, mainly stars, but also planets, comets, asteroids, and quasars among others.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,029.0 kg
Sun–Earth L2
Location
ELS, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France
Stats
2013
77th orbital launch attempt
Arianespace
210th mission
7th mission of 2013
203rd successful mission
66th consecutive successful mission
Soyuz 2.1b
14th mission
5th mission of 2013
13th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission