Harmony
NextMission AnnouncedT-720:00:00
Time to launch
Vehicle
Vega-C
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...
Provider
Avio S.p.A
Profile →ITA • Founded 1908
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...
Mission Brief
Harmony, ESA's 10th Earth Explorer mission, consists of 2 satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem with a Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite in various configurations. The Harmony satellites’ synthetic aperture radar instruments will receive the Sentinel-1 satellite's radar signals that bounce back, or ‘backscatter’, from Earth’s surface. At the same time, Harmony’s thermal-infrared instruments provide complementary observations of the sea surface as well as the position and motion of clouds above it.
Mission Timeline
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Official mission announcement and payload assignment
- Mission AnnouncedT-720:00:0012:00 AM UTC
- Vehicle RolloutT-48:00:0012:00 AM UTC
- Wet Dress RehearsalT-24:00:0012:00 AM UTC
- Launch Day PrepT-06:00:0006:00 PM UTC
Launch Site
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
