NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sentinel-2C

Launch Time
Thu Sep 05, 2024 01:50 UTC

Final flight of the classic version of Vega, after 22 flights.

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

Sentinel-2C

Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission developed by ESA as part of the Copernicus Programme to perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring, land cover change detection, and natural disaster management.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,143.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2024

160th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

298th mission
1st mission of 2024
286th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission

Vega

24th mission
1st mission of 2024
21st successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission