Overview
Most satellites launched via Vega are intended for commercial use (65.8%) and for the purpose of earth observation (64.4%).
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Highlights on some of the satellites launched via Vega:
Designed for earth observation (Optical Imaging), Pleiades Neo 3 is a commercial satellite operated by Airbus Defense and Space (France).
Constructed by Airbus Defense and Space (France), it was launched into space on 29 April 2021 using Vega as the launch vehicle from Guiana Space Center. Pleiades Neo 3 orbits around the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite.
Designed with an operational lifetime of 10 years, Pleiades Neo 3 has a launch mass of 920 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2021-034A and NORAD ID 48268.
Taking 97 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 623km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 626km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 2.14E-04 and it orbits at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Operated by European Space Agency (ESA) of ESA, Proba 5 is a government satellite launched for the purpose of earth observation (Earth Science).
A sun-synchronous LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Vega as the launch vehicle from Guiana Space Center on 7 May 2013. Proba 5 was constructed by QinetiQ Space Belgium (Belgium).
Proba 5 has a launch mass of 140 kg and is expected to have a operational lifetime of 3 years. It navigates with the COSPAR ID 2013-021A and NORAD ID 39159.
With an orbital eccentricity of 4.87E-04, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 813km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 820km. It takes 101 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 99 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by European Space Agency (ESA) into space at 1,367 kg
A government satellite, Aeolus is operated by European Space Agency (ESA) of ESA for the purpose of earth observation (Earth Science).
A LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Vega as the launch vehicle from Guiana Space Center on 22 August 2018. Aeolus was constructed by Airbus Defense and Space (France/UK/Germany/Spain).
Designed with an operational lifetime of 3 years, Aeolus has a launch mass of 1,367 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2018-066A and NORAD ID 43600.
Taking 92 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 314km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 317km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 2.24E-04 and it orbits at an inclination of 97 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
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