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Vega-C | Sentinel-1C

Vega VV25

Arianespace · Vega-C · Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Arianespace's 317th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 6,828th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--December 5, 2024 · 21:20 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Dec 5, 21:20 – Dec 5, 21:20 UTC

Flight preview

Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. It is a replacement satellite to complete the Sentinel-1 duo after Sentinel-1B suffered a technical anomaly.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Flight timeline

  1. P0DIgnition
  2. T+4SLiftoff
  3. T+2M22SStage 2 Separation
  4. T+2M22SSES
  5. T+4M32SStage 3 Separation
  6. T+4M39SStage 3 Ignition
  7. T+5M4SFairing Separation
  8. T+7M8SStage 3 Separation
  9. T+8M16SKick Stage Ignition
  10. T+16M45SKick Stage Cut-off
  11. T+56M10SKick Stage Burn
  12. T+1H40M28SKick Stage Burn
  13. T+1H43M50SPayload Separation
  14. T+1H50M53SKick Stage Burn

Updates

  • Launch success

    SwGustav · 12/6/2024 · source

  • Liftoff!

    hitura-nobad · 12/5/2024 · source

  • Official Webcast by arianespace has started

    LL2 · 12/5/2024 · source

  • Delayed by a day due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry

    Nosu · 12/4/2024 · source

  • Tweaked T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2024 · source

  • Rescheduled for December 4.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2024 · source

  • Delayed due to launch vehicle problem, new date TBD.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2024 · source

  • NET December 3.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/10/2024 · source

  • NET Late November.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source

  • NET November 15

    Nosu · 1/11/2024 · source

News

ESA·Jul 9, 2026

Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellites to replicate the pioneering ERS-1–ERS-2 ‘tandem mission’, ESA achieved one-day repeat radar imaging of the same Antarctic region.

Pad — Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Local pad time: Dec 5, 6:20 PM GMT-3

55 launches from this pad · 334 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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