Vega Flight VV02
with Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1
overview
- Launch vehicle
- Vega
- Launch date
- May 7, 2013
- Status
- Success
- Payload(s)
- Proba-V, VNREDSat-1, ESTCube-1
- Customer(s)
- European Space Agency (ESA), Astrium, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, National University of Tartu in Estonia
- Prime contractor(s)
- QinetiQ Space Belgium, Astrium, National University of Tartu
- Launch site
- Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous orbit
mission update
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Vega marks a series of “firsts” on its initial mission under Arianespace’s operational responsibility
Arianespace’s light-lift Vega launcher performed an intricate mission from the Spaceport today, successfully delivering three satellite passengers at two different Sun-synchronous orbital altitudes during a flight lasting just over two hours.
