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Mohammed VI-A

VegaArianespaceAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 · 01:42 AM UTCAdd to Calendar

This mission is complete.

Vehicle

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
Successes311

Provider

Arianespace

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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

An Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. It was developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus. Satellite will be in particular used for mapping and land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.

PayloadMohammed VI-A
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerArianespace
Stages4
PadAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Launch Site

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

LAUNCH SITE
5.236°N, 52.775°W

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.