Pléiades-Néo 4 & SSMS n°3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

01:47:05

Tuesday August 17, 2021

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Launch Notes

Flight VV-19.

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2 kilograms

BRO-4

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

8 kilograms

Pléiades-Néo 4

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

922 kilograms

LEDSAT

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1 kilograms

RadCube

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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).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

5 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Vega

Active 2012 to 2024

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Price

$37.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.025m

Height: 29.9m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,436 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,200 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.6m

Height: 7.88m

Stages

4

Launch Site

ELV

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

75 days

Stats

Vega


19th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2021

European Space Agency


285th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2021

2021


77th

Orbital launch attempt