NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Mohammed VI-A

Launch Time
Wed Nov 08, 2017 01:42 UTC

Flight VV11.

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

Mohammed VI-A

Morocco contracted with Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space of France to provide a high-resolution optical reconnaissance system. Initially, the mission was referred to by the internal designation "MN35-13". Shortly before the launch of the first satellite, they were named Mohammed VI A and B.

The satellites will be in particular used for mapping and land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,110.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2017

74th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

254th mission
10th mission of 2017
246th successful mission
37th consecutive successful mission

Vega

11th mission
3rd mission of 2017
11th successful mission