Vega-C | IRIDE 1
Programma
Pad
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Rocket
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
Full Name: Vega-C
Maiden Flight: 2022-07-13
Total Launch Count: 4
Successful Launches: 3
Failed Launches: 1
Mission
Mission Name: IRIDE 1
Type: Earth Science
Description: First dedicated launch for the European Space Agency's IRIDE Earth observation constellation.
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Updates
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2023-03-14T17:31:28ZAdding launch NET Q4 2025