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Flight VV20 – CERES | Vega Launch | Arianespace

On November 16, Arianespace successfully carried out its 20th Vega launch (VV20), its 12th launch of the year and the third with the Vega light launcher. It was also the 300th launch by Arianespace fr...

[REPLAY] VV20 CERES Launch on 2021/11/16

Vega orbited CERES, 3 CERES Earth observation satellites for French defense applications. Launch on 2021/11/16 at 10:27 AM (Paris time). https://ceres.cnes.fr/en/ceres-launch

Vega Flight VV20

Arianespace’s twelfth launch of 2021 with the third Vega of the year will place its satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. The launcher will be carrying a total payload of approximately 1548 kg. The launch will be performed in Kourou, French Guiana.

CERES

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

CERES (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) is a space-based signal intelligence (SIGNIT) system consisting of three satellites constellation.

Updates

scottm3 • Nov. 16, 2021, 10:28 a.m.

Mission successful via webcast host and arianespace

Nosu • Nov. 9, 2021, 3:05 p.m.

Launch time confirmed by the Guiana Space Centre.

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 3, 2021, 4:29 a.m.

New launch date.

Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 31, 2021, 8:20 a.m.

Added launch date and time.

Vega

Family:
Configuration:

Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

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Specifications

Stages
4
Length
29.9 m
Diameter
3.025 m
Fairing Diameter
2.6 m
Launch Mass
137.0 T
Thrust
2974.0 kN

Family

Name
Vega
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Vega

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$37000000
Low Earth Orbit
1500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1450.0 kg

Avio S.p.A

(Avio)

CEO: Giulio Ranzo Founded: 1908 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 14

Agency Type:

Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.

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