ArianespaceVega-CAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
CO3D & MicroCarb
Launched
July 26, 2025 · 02:03 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin
Summary
CO3D & MicroCarb launched on an Arianespace Vega-C from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 26, 2025 at 02:03 UTC. It was Arianespace's 320th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 7,009th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Vega-C flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). MicroCarb, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 649 × 673 km orbit inclined 98.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Vega-C · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for ADS, CNES
- Milestone
- 5th Vega-C flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 320th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 7,009th orbital launch attempt160th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MicroCarb · NORAD 64899 · 2025-156 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-156A
- Epoch
- 2025-07-26 05:36:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.7220606 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0016991
- Inclination
- 98.0236°
- Ascending node
- 284.7659°
- Arg. of perigee
- 233.5941°
- Mean anomaly
- 193.7578°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−0Liftoff
- T+2M23SStage 2 Separation
- T+4M27SStage 3 Separation
- T+4M39SFairing Separation
- T+7M15SKick Stage Separation
- T+8M19SKick Stage Burn
- T+51M33SKick Stage Burn
- T+57M17SPayload Separation
- T+1H15SKick Stage Burn
- T+1H36M43SKick Stage Burn
- T+1H41M12SPayload Separation
- T+1H51MKick Stage Burn
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 5 payloads; 5 still in orbit
- MicroCarb · NORAD 64899 · in orbit
- CO3D F3 · NORAD 64900 · in orbit
- CO3D F4 · NORAD 64901 · in orbit
- CO3D F2 · NORAD 64902 · in orbit
- CO3D F1 · NORAD 64903 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
CO3D is a CNES-Airbus Defence & Space constellation of four small satellites designed to map the globe in 3D from low Earth to serve public and private sector needs. Microcarb is a small satellite designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2)—the most important greenhouse gas — on a global scale.
Official page: Vega C Flight VV27Official page: Watch live: Vega-C to launch CO3D and MicroCarb
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
53rd launch from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), 2nd this year · 326th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 25, 11:03 PM GMT-3, at night
56 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
87 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
All spacecraft separated.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/26/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/26/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2025 · source
Adding T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 6/17/2025 · source
NET July.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/5/2025 · source
Adding MicroCarb as secondary payload with CO3D
Nosu · 2/7/2025 · source
NET June.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/6/2024 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 11/27/2024 · source
Questions
When did CO3D & MicroCarb launch?
CO3D & MicroCarb launched on July 26, 2025 at 02:03 UTC.
Where can I watch CO3D & MicroCarb?
Coverage: Flight VV27 | CO3D / MicroCarb | Vega C I Arianespace; Vol VV27 | CO3D / MicroCarb | Vega C I Arianespace; Volo VV27 | CO3D / MicroCarb | Vega C I Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched CO3D & MicroCarb?
Vega-C, flown by Arianespace. Vega-C spec sheet
Where did CO3D & MicroCarb launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Jul 25, 11:03 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did CO3D & MicroCarb reach?
MicroCarb, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 649 × 673 km orbit inclined 98.0°.
How many satellites did CO3D & MicroCarb launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).