NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

PerúSat 1 & SkySats 4 to 7

Launch Time
Fri Sep 16, 2016 01:43 UTC

Flight VV07.

Rocket

Vega
Image Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace
Status: Retired
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

PerúSat 1

PerúSat 1 is a high-resolution earth-observing satellite built for the Peruvian armed forces. PerúSat 1 was ordered by the government of Peru in April 2014 for a launch in 2016.

The satellite is designed based on Airbus Defence and Space's AstroBus-S (AstroBus-300) bus and features an imaging system from the NAOMI (New Astrosat Observation Modular Instrument) family to provide 0.7 m resolution panchromatic images and 2 m resolution images in four wavelength bands.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 430.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

SkySats 4 to 7

SkySat is a constellation of sub-meter resolution Earth observation satellites providing imagery, high-definition video, and analytics services.

Payloads: 4
Total Mass: 400.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2016

59th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

240th mission
7th mission of 2016
232nd successful mission
23rd consecutive successful mission

Vega

7th mission
1st mission of 2016
7th successful mission