NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ADM-Aeolus

Launch Time
Wed Aug 22, 2018 21:20 UTC

Flight VV12.

Rocket

Vega
Image Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace
Status: Active
Price: $37.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,200 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,436 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.6 m
Fairing Height: 7.88 m

Mission Details

ADM-Aeolus

Aeolus, or, in full, Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus, is an Earth observation satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space. ADM-Aeolus will be the first satellite with equipment capable of performing global wind-component-profile observation and will provide much-needed information to improve weather forecasting. Aeolus will be the first satellite capable of observing what the winds are doing on Earth, from the surface of the planet and into the stratosphere 30 km high.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,357.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2018

66th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

260th mission
5th mission of 2018
251st successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission

Vega

12th mission
1st mission of 2018
12th successful mission