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SSMS POC
VegaArianespaceAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Thursday, September 3, 2020 · 01:51 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Vega
Profile →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...
Height34.8 m
LEO Payload3,300 kg
Launches356
Successes312
Provider
Arianespace
Profile →FRA • Founded 1980
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles...
Mission Brief
The Vega POC (Proof Of Concept) flight will be the first mission of the SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service), a modular carbon fiber dispenser, a program initiated by ESA in 2016, with the contribution of the European Commission. For all the European partners involved, its purpose is to address the burgeoning institutional and commercial small spacecraft market with a new rideshare concept. Payload includes dozens of satellites: Athena, ION CubeSat Carrier, ESAIL, NEMO-HD, GHGSat C1, six Flock-v cubesats, several Lemur-2 cubesats, twelve SpaceBEE nanosats, FSSCat A & B, RTAF-Sat, DIDO 3, IGOSat, PICASSO, PINO, PIXL, QARMAN, SIMBA, TRISAT, Casaa-Sat, TTU-100, and more.
PayloadSSMS POC
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerArianespace
Stages4
PadAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission Timeline
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Launch site
Site locked
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Global range
- Latitude
- 5.236°N
- Longitude
- 52.775°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
01:51 AM UTC - 01:51 AM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
