NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Pléiades-Néo 4 & SSMS n°3

Launch Time
Tue Aug 17, 2021 01:47 UTC

Flight VV-19.

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

Pléiades-Néo 4

Pléiades-Néo, initially also known as VHR-2020, is a four-satellite very high-resolution earth observation satellite constellation by Airbus Defence & Space designed as a follow-on to the Pléiades-HR satellites.

The satellites will feature an imager with 30 cm ground resolution, possibly featuring CILAS deformable mirrors. They will use TesatSpacecom laser communication relay terminals to transfer data via the EDRS network, enabling near-real-time access to the images.

The Pléiades-Néo constellation will use a 700 km orbit with two orbital planes to allow intra-day revisit times.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 922.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

LEDSAT

LEDSAT (LED-based small SATellite) is a 1U CubeSat developed by the S5Lab research group at La Sapienza, Rome with the collaboration of ASI, ESA, and the University of Michigan. The CubeSat is equipped with LEDs and retroreflectors for optical tracking with ground-based telescopes and laser-ranging observatories.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

RadCube

RadCube is a 3U CubeSat mission for real-time monitoring of the space weather environment, such as space radiation and magnetic field in LEO. The CubeSat comes from a cooperation of C3S Electronics Development (Hungary), MTA Centre for Energy Research (Hungary), and the Imperial College London (UK).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Sunstorm

Sunstorm is a 2-unit CubeSat that will demonstrate a highly miniaturized solar X-Ray Flux Monitor (XFM) technology for Space Weather monitoring and forecasting.
The CubeSat was developed by Reaktor Space Lab (Finland) and was built by a Finnish-UK consortium.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

BRO-4

BRO-4 is the 4th satellite of the BRO (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter) constellation dedicated to the interception of radio frequency signals from space to provide maritime and aerial traffic surveillance.
The 6-unit CubeSat was built by GOMSpace for Unseenlabs.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2021

77th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

285th mission
3rd mission of 2021
274th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission

Vega

19th mission
2nd mission of 2021
17th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission