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Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29242.jpg) DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/911569810856824832)

Rather "sneaky" delivery of MN35-13 for Moroccan gov. by AN-124 at 01:00 early Friday in Cayenne, for #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash)
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Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29242.jpg) DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) 32 мин назад (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/911699511889858560)

Small update on the Moroccan gov. payload for #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) launch, the name has been changed and is now called MN35-A

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#Arianespace (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arianespace?src=hash)'s next launch -- #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) Flight #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) -- is scheduled for a November 7 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana
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Цитировать25 octobre 2017
Vol Vega 11 – Campagne lancée !
Les éléments du lanceur de VV11 sont arrivés au port de Pariacabo, puis transférés au CSG. Pour sa prochaine mission, Vega s'élancera de la base spatiale européenne, avec à son bord un passager pour le compte de Thales Alenia Space.

Цитировать25 октября 2017 года
Полёт Vega 11 - кампания началась!
Составные части РН VV11 прибыли в порт Париакабо, а затем перевезены в ГКЦ. Свою следующюю миссию РН Вега начнет с Европейскго космодрома с КА производства Thales Alenia Space на борту.

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Цитировать25 octobre 2017
Vol Vega 11 – Arrivée du satellite
Le satellite du prochain lancement Vega, est arrivé en Guyane. Convoyé depuis l'aéroport Félix Eboué, il a été transféré en salle blanche au Centre spatial guyanais. Il y subira tous les tests requis, avant sa mise en orbite.

Цитировать25 октября 2017 года
Полёт Vega 11 - Прибытие спутника
Спутник для следующего запуска на РН Вега прибыл в Гвиану. Из аэропорта Феликс Эбуэ КА был перемещен в чистую комнату в ГКЦ. Перед отправкой на орбиту КА пройдёт все необходимые испытания.

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ЦитироватьVega (http://www.arianespace.com/press-releases/?taxonomy%5Bpress-release-category%5D=vega) | October 31, 2017

VV11: Vega to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco

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For its 10th launch of the year, and the 11th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite.

This Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco was developed by a consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime.

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Flight VV11 marks the eighth Earth observation mission for Vega, a versatile light launcher.

The liftoff will be from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana (South America).

The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) will take place on Monday, November 6, 2017 in Kourou, to authorize the start of operations for the final countdown.

The MOHAMMED VI – A satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for the Kingdom of Morocco by Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime.

The MOHAMMED VI – A 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.

Thales Alenia Space, as system prime contractor, supplied the payload, including the optical instrument, the image transmission subsystem, and the ground segment for image processing and production. Airbus, as satellite prime contractor, was in charge of its integration, as well as supplying the platform and the ground segment for mission planning and satellite control.

For further information, download the Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/

To watch a live, high-speed online transmission of the launch (including commentary from the launch site in French and English), go to arianespace.com on November 7, 2017 starting 15 minutes before liftoff.

You also can follow the launch live on your iPhone or iPad (the Arianespace HD app is free).

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ЦитироватьArianespace Flight VV11 / MOHAMMED VI – A

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Опубликовано: 31 окт. 2017 г.

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29242.jpg) DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace) 12 ч назад (https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/925372772091617280)

More info about the "secret" #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) payload, #MN35A (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MN35A?src=hash) now called Mohammed VI-A, looks similar to DZZ-HR (HRES/KazEOSat 1) on #VV03 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV03?src=hash)
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Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/32603.jpg) Avio‏ @Avio_Group (https://twitter.com/Avio_Group) 2 нояб. (https://twitter.com/Avio_Group/status/926008824850415616)

#Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) is ready for the flight #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash). #Avio (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avio?src=hash) and #Arianespace (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arianespace?src=hash) will orbit the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite built from @Thales_Alenia_S (https://twitter.com/Thales_Alenia_S) for Morocco
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Цитировать2 novembre 2017
Vol Vega 11 – Pose du logo sur la coiffe

A quelques jours du décollage, le logo de la mission de VV11, pour le satellite MOHAMMED VI – A, est placé sur la coiffe.

Цитировать2 ноября 2017 г.
Полет Vega 11 - Размещение логотипа на обтекателе

За несколько дней до старта на ГО помещен логотип миссии VV11 для спутника MOHAMMED VI - A.

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Цитировать3 novembre 2017
Vol Vega 11 – Hissage et pose composite supérieur

Le composite supérieur du lanceur mono-corps, qui comprend la charge utile, la coiffe et l'AVUM (moteur propulsif), est hissé et posé à la verticale sur le portique mobile en zone de lancement.

Цитировать3 ноября 2017 г.
Полет Vega 11 - Подъем и установка головной части РН

Головная часть РН, включающая полезную нагрузку, головной обтекатель и AVUM, поднимается и устанавливается вертикально на РН козловым краном.

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ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 1042/2017 (24) 

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FRENCH GUIANA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   0132Z TO 0212Z DAILY 08 NOV TO 08 DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   05-23N 052-54W, 05-48N 052-54W,
   05-51N 052-26W, 05-13N 052-41W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080312Z DEC 17.

( 030335Z NOV 2017 )

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 1041/2017 (24,25)

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   0042Z TO 0212Z DAILY 08 NOV THRU 08 DEC
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 09-03N 052-51W, 09-03N 052-46W,
   08-14N 052-45W, 08-14N 052-50W.
   B. 20-12N 054-07W, 20-13N 053-58W,
   18-30N 053-50W, 18-30N 053-58W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080312Z DEC 17.

( 030257Z NOV 2017 )

ЦитироватьHYDROARC 370/2017 (16,41)

EAST SIBERIAN SEA.
CHUKCHI SEA.
DNC 27.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
 0151Z TO 0307Z DAILY 08 NOV THRU 08 DEC
 IN AREA BOUND BY
 81-43N 155-12W, 80-07N 154-36W,
 77-50N 169-00E, 78-22N 167-24E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080407Z DEC 17.

( 030319Z NOV 2017 )

ЦитироватьHYDROPAC 3761/2017 (61,74)

INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   0353Z TO 0509Z DAILY 08 NOV THRU 08 DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   14-37S 089-58E, 14-43S 090-25E,
   25-30S 088-00E, 25-24S 087-34E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080609Z DEC 17.

( 030325Z NOV 2017 )

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A0501/17 - TEMPORARY DANGEROUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCHING
  VEGA ZA/VV11
  LATERAL LIMITS AS FOLLOWS  QUADRILATERAL :
  0903N05251W 0903N05246W 0814N05250W 0814N05245W. AMSL - UNL, DAILY : 0042-0212,
08 NOV 00:42 2017 UNTIL 18 NOV 02:12 2017. CREATED: 19 OCT 11:07 2017

A0500/17 - DANGEROUS AREA SOD1 ACTIVATED. DAILY: 0042-0212, 08 NOV 00:42 2017 UNTIL 18 NOV
02:12 2017. CREATED: 19 OCT 10:57 2017

KZWY

A0536/17 - DUE TO MIL STNR ALT RESERVATION VEGA VV11 WI THE NEW YORK
OCEANIC CTA/FIR, NEW YORK OCEANIC WILL NOT ACCEPT IFR FLIGHT WI AN
AREA DEFINED AS: 2012N05407W TO 2013N05358W TO 1830N05350W TO
1830N05358W TO START. SFC - FL999, DLY 0042-0212, 08 NOV 00:42 2017 UNTIL 18
NOV 02:12 2017. CREATED: 03 NOV 19:33 2017

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A0665/17 - HAZARD AREA ESTABLSHED DUE TO FALLING SPACE LAUNCH DEBRIS WI
AN AREA DEFINED AS 8143N15512W TO 8107N15436W TO 7750N16900E TO
7822N16636E TO POINT OF ORGIN. THIS NOTAM APPLICABLE FOR PAZA
FIR ONLY. REFER TO UHMM NOTAMS FOR OTHER DETAILS. IN THE INTEREST
OF FLT SAFETY ALL ACFT ADZ TO AVOID FLT WI HAZARD AREA. REFER
QUESTIONS TO ANCHORAGE ARTCC TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AT +1
(907)-269-1108. SFC - UNL, DLY 0151-0307, 08 NOV 01:51 2017 UNTIL 18 NOV 03:07
2017. CREATED: 03 NOV 16:42 2017

UHMM

P4846/17 - TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT:
782200N1663600E-775000N1690000E-803042N1685824W-
811218N1685824W-782200N1663600E. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0151-0307, 08 NOV 01:51 2017
UNTIL 18 NOV 03:07 2017. CREATED: 20 OCT 07:01 2017

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F3296/17 - ROCKET LAUNCH FROM FRENCH GUIANA WILL TAKE PLACE
VEGA LAUNCH VV11 LAST STAGE FALLING AREA (AVUM) WILL IMPACT THE
MELBOUNRE FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (FIR)
THE DANGER ZONE IS BOUNDED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES:
S14 37 E089 58
S14 43 E090 25
S25 24 E087 34
S25 30 E088 00. DAILY 0353/0509, 08 NOV 03:53 2017 UNTIL 18 NOV 05:09 2017.
CREATED: 18 OCT 20:47 2017

Цитировать (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/740932957309947906/eyELdt9o_bigger.jpg) Stéphane Israël‏ @arianespaceceo (https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/927576262209613824)

All clear! Launch readiness review has authorized #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) Flight #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) for its November 7 liftoff at 10:42:31 p.m. local time in French Guiana

ЦитироватьVega Rocket Cleared to Launch Imaging Satellite for Morocco
November 7, 2017 (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/vega-rocket-cleared-to-launch-imaging-satellite-for-morocco/)

Europe's Vega rocket has been given the green light for a nighttime liftoff fr om French Guiana at 1:42 UTC on Wednesday with the Mohammed VI-A satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. Built by European aerospace companies Airbus and Thales Alenia, the satellite is flying a semi-secret mission to double as a civilian asset for environmental monitoring and mapping and as a military imaging craft to collect data for border and coastal security in the North African nation.

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Photo: ESA (File Image)

The Moroccan government contracted Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space in late 2013 for a pair of high-resolution imaging satellites based on the Pleiades high-resolution imaging spacecraft launched for operation by the French Space Agency in 2011 and 2012. Due to their role in national security, the two missions were treated with some secrecy – showing up under the code names MN35-A and MN35-13 in Airbus documentation before the Mohammed VI designation was revealed only a few weeks before launch.

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The only depictions of MN35-A can be found in the Vega VV11 Launch Poster & Arianespace Launch Kit – Credit: CSG/Arianespace

No photos of the satellites have been published with the exception of illustrative depictions in the official launch poster for the mission, but it is understood that both MN35 satellites use the same architecture of Pleiades and the upcoming Falcon Eye satellites, also built under a similar collaboration between Airbus and Thales for the United Arab Emirates, targeting launch atop Vega rockets in 2018/19.

The 1,110-Kilogram Mohammed VI-A satellite is based on the Airbus AstroSat-1000 platform, a highly agile design relying on Control Moment Gyros for rapid slew capability that allows the satellite to image a multitude of ground targets in a single observation pass. The craft's instrument, provided by Thales Alenia as an upgraded version of the Pleiades imager, uses a 65-centimeter telescope and advanced line detector arrays to capture black-and-white imagery at a ground resolution better than 70 centimeters and color / near-infrared imagery at a resolution better than three meters.

>> Mohammed VI-A Satellite Overview (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/mohammed-vi-a/)

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Pleiades Satellite Pre-Launch – Photo: Airbus Defence & Space

According to official information, the two Mohammed VI satellites will be used for mapping and land surveying, regional development, agricultural monitoring, disaster prevention and monitoring, environmental and desertification monitoring as well as border and coastal surveillance.

The launch contracts for the two Mohammed VI satellites were only awarded to Arianespace early this year and the Mohammed VI-A satellite takes advantage of a launch slot opening on relatively short notice after ESA's ADM-Aeolus experimental wind-profiling satellite suffered a lengthy launch delay into mid-2018. With the VV11 launch slot opening up, advantage was taken to accelerate the launch of Mohammed VI-A as the satellite had already finished construction and environmental testing.

Without much fanfare, the satellite arrived at the launch site on September 22 to enter final processing including fit checks with its launch adapter and loading Hydrazine maneuvering propellant into the satellite. The four-stage Vega rocket finished stacking in October and the satellite had taken its place atop the vehicle by November 3 for final checkouts leading into a Launch Readiness Review conducted on Monday to provide final clearance for liftoff Tuesday night.

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Photo: ESA (File Image)

Tuesday night's launch is the eleventh flight of the light-left member in the Arianespace launch vehicle family, the third and last planned Vega mission in 2017 and the tenth Arianespace-operated launch this year.

With an all-solid rocket and an upper stage carrying storable propellants, Vega will not require any dynamic operations such as propellant loading during its countdown. Countdown operations pick up at T-9 hours and 10 minutes and are largely focused on checks of the rocket's Multi-Function Unit that is in charge of controlling all aspects of the mission. Both payloads will be on internal power when Vega's automatic countdown sequence kicks off at T-4 minutes to put the rocket through final reconfigurations for liftoff, targeted for precisely 1:42:31 UTC.

Upon Ignition of its P80 first stage, Vega will literally jump off the ground – generating a total thrust of 280,000 Kilogram-force to lift the 137-metric-ton vehicle. Seconds after lifting off, Vega will pitch over to begin flying to the north, aiming for a Sun Synchronous Insertion though the exact target orbit parameters have not been released for this semi-secret mission.

The 11.2-meter long first stage will burn over 88 metric tons of solid propellant in just 117 seconds, accelerating the rocket to a speed of around 1.7 Kilometers per second. Burnout on the first stage is sensed by the declining chamber pressure, triggering the pyrotechnic stage separation sequence at T+1:57 to set up for the ignition of the second stage, designated Zefiro-23.

>> Vega Launch Vehicle (http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/vega/)

The Z23, loaded with 24 metric tons of packed propellant, will soar to an average thrust of 122 metric-ton-force for a burn of 77 seconds.

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Separation of the 8.4-meter second stage is expected after Vega climbed to an altitude of around 150 Kilometers and a speed exceeding 3.5 Kilometers per second. Ignition of the Zefiro-9 stage comes 12 seconds after Z23 separation at T+3:52. Although it is the smallest of the three stages, Z9 has the longest burn time – firing for 120 seconds at an average thrust of 23 metric-ton force.

The protective payload fairing will split open and separate five seconds into the burn of the third stage when Vega will be well outside the dense atmosphere wh ere aerodynamic forces can no longer harm the vehicle. Zefiro 9 accelerates the vehicle nearly to orbital velocity, aiming for separation from the AVUM, the Attitude and Vernier Upper Module, six minutes and 34 seconds into the flight.

AVUM will be tasked with a fairly straightforward two burn mission typical for SSO injections with the first burn to lift the stack into an elliptical Parking Orbit peaking at the desired orbital altitude for half an orbit of coasting ahead of a circularization maneuver. Ignition of the AVUM Main Engine Assembly, built around a Ukrainian RD-869 engine, is planned eight minutes and three seconds into the flight on a burn of seven minutes and 45 seconds to reach orbit.

>> Flight Profile (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/flight-profile/)

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Göktürk Ascent Profile (Similar) – Image: Arianespace

The 250-Kilogram-force main engine will re-light 52 minutes and 6 seconds into the flight on a shorter burn of one minute and 51 seconds to circularize the orbit and set the stage for the spring-loaded separation of the Mohammed VI-A satellite at T+55 minutes and 33 seconds.

At this point, the primary mission will be completed and Airbus tasked with initial acquisition and commissioning of the satellite ahead of several weeks of checkouts and fine-tuning of the optical payload before the spacecraft will be turned over to its operator. AVUM will be set for another 78-second burn one hour and 47 minutes into the flight to remove itself from orbit to close out Wednesday's mission.

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ЦитироватьUpdated: 11/07/2017 21:55

A European Vega rocket is counting down to liftoff Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northern shoreline of South America with a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite for the Moroccan government.

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The Mohammed VI-A satellite, named for the Moroccan king, will ride the Vega booster into orbit from Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is timed for 0142:31 GMT Wednesday (8:42:31 p.m. EST; 10:42:31 p.m. French Guiana time Tuesday).

It will be the 11th launch of a Vega rocket, a light-class, solid-fueled launcher developed in Europe with Italian leadership. The launch will mark the eighth time a Vega rocket has launched on an Earth observation mission.

The Mohammed VI-A satellite is designed for civilian and military uses, but little information about the spacecraft's capabilities has been released. It was only know by the codename MN35-13, and the satellite's end user was undisclosed until an official announcement of the impending launch last week.
The satellite has launch weight of around 2,450 pounds (1,110 kilograms), according to Arianespace, the Vega rocket's commercial operator.

The Moroccan government ordered two high-resolution Earth observation satellites from Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space in 2013 after an intergovernmental agreement between Morocco and France.

The two European aerospace contractors, normally competitors, teamed up on the program, with Thales taking lead as prime contractor and supplier of the satellites' optical imaging equipment, and Airbus responsible for constructing the spacecraft platforms in Toulouse, France.

Developed in secrecy, Mohammed VI-A is the first of the two satellites to launch, heading for a sun-synchronous orbit a few hundred miles above Earth. The satellite's exact planned altitude has not been publicized.

A second spacecraft, presumably named Mohammed VI-B, will launch on a Vega rocket from French Guiana next year.

Moroccan security forces will use the satellites to help combat insurgent militants in the Sahel, such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and for border enforcement, according to a report in El Pais, a Spanish newspaper. The entire program, including two satellites, launch services and ground support, reportedly cost around 500 million euros ($580 million).

Observers believe the Mohammed VI satellites are based on Airbus' AstroSat-1000 design. An artist's concept of Mohammed VI-A shows an outward appearance similar to France's two Pleiades Earth observation satellites and two Falcon Eye spacecraft ordered from Airbus by the United Arab Emirates.

The Pleiades satellites, which provide imagery for government and commercial customers, were launched in 2011 and 2012 into orbits around 435 miles (700 kilometers) high. Each Pleiades satellite can take pictures with a resolution as sharp as 2.3 feet (70 centimeters), and post-processing can improve the image quality to 1.6 feet (50 centimeters).

The Falcon Eye and Mohammed VI satellites are believed to have comparable capabilities.

The final countdown for Tuesday's launch began at 1632 GMT (11:32 a.m. EST). Power-up of the Vega rocket is expected to begin around 1942 GMT (2:42 p.m. EST) to begin testing of its on-board computer and navigation systems.

Meanwhile, ground teams are turning on the Mohammed VI-A satellite and confirming its readiness for tonight's ride into orbit.

The computer will be tested and loaded with the mission's flight software program at 2102 GMT (4:02 p.m. EST), and the Vega's navigation unit will be aligned and verified functional 2112 GMT (4:12 p.m. EST).

The launch team will receive a weather briefing before rollback of the Vega launch facility's mobile gantry. The launch pad's mobile service tower will be retracted to launch position at 2227 GMT (5:27 p.m. EST), rolling on rails to a point 260 feet (80 meters) from the Vega rocket.

The launcher's navigation system will be tested again at 2317 GMT (6:17 p.m. EST), and Vega's telemetry transmitters and transponders are activated again after the rollback of the launch pad gantry around 0027 GMT (7:27 p.m. EST).

Engineers will verify the readiness of Vega's systems at 0052 GMT (7:52 p.m. EST), and a final pre-launch weather briefing is scheduled for 0132 GMT (8:32 p.m. EST).

The synchronized launch sequence takes over the countdown about four minutes prior to liftoff. The computer-controlled final sequence checks thousands of parameters in the final steps of the countdown. 
After liftoff, Vega will clear the pad's four lightning towers and pitch north from the Guiana Space Center, heading over the Atlantic Ocean and surpassing the speed of sound in about 30 seconds.

The Vega's solid-fueled P80FW first stage, producing a maximum of 683,000 pounds of thrust, burns out 117 seconds after liftoff, giving way to the launcher's Zefiro 23 second stage at an altitude of about 33 miles (53 kilometers).

After a 102-second burn, the second stage consumes its propellant 3 minutes, 40 seconds after launch and separates. The Vega's third stage, the Zefiro 9A motor, ignites 3 minutes, 52 seconds into the mission.

A few seconds later, Vega's Swiss-built 8.5-foot-diameter (2.6-meter) payload fairing will jettison. 
Vega's third stage fires for more than two minutes, turning off and separating 6 minutes, 34 seconds after liftoff.

The fourth stage, known as AVUM, ignites its liquid-fueled Ukrainian RD-843 engine 8 minutes, 3 seconds into the mission, burning for nearly eight minutes to reach a transfer orbit above Earth. 
After coasting more than 36 minutes, the AVUM fourth stage will fire again at Plus+52 minutes, 6 seconds for almost two minutes to reach a circular orbit for deployment of the Mohammed VI-A spacecraft.

Separation of the Mohammed VI-A satellite is scheduled for 55 minutes, 33 seconds after liftoff.
A third ignition of the upper stage engine will de-orbit the rocket to avoid creating space junk.

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Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30754.jpg) Arianespace‏ @Arianespace (https://twitter.com/Arianespace) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/928008717341282304)

It's launch day! Liftoff of #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) Flight #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) is planned from French Guiana at 10:42:31 p.m. local time
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ARTICLE: Arianespace Vega rocket set for Mohammed VI-A launch - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/arianespace-vega-mohammed-vi-a-launch/ ... (https://t.co/eA3Q1ufo58) - by William Graham
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Get ready! The live broadcast for Flight #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash), the third #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) mission of the year, will begin in one hour on http://Arianespace.com  (https://t.co/W7okeIwHLW)
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Mohammed VI-A is launching on #VV11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VV11?src=hash) after ESA's ADM-Aeolus suffered a delay to 2018, freeing up a launch slot on short notice. The mission has been treated with some secrecy, initially starting out under the code names MN35-A and MN35-13.

Цитировать11/08/2017 03:13

All systems are reported to be "go" for launch tonight in an instantaneous launch opportunity at 0142:31 GMT (8:42:31 p.m. EST).

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So far in the countdown, Vega's systems have been powered on and launch controllers have checked communications, tracking and command links between the rocket and ground facilities at the Guiana Space Center.

The launch pad's 16-story mobile gantry should now be retracted to its launch position about 260 feet (80 meters) fr om the rocket.

The 270-square-mile space center, run by the French space agency, CNES, and the European Space Agency, is located on the jungle coastline of French Guiana, situated on the northeast corner of South America.

The Vega launch pad, known by its French acronym ZLV, is about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) southwest of the Ariane 5 launch complex. It was built on the former site of ELA-1, the home of Ariane 1, Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers from 1979 until 1989.

Construction of the Vega launch pad began in 2004, including the building of a new 16-story mobile gantry weighing some 1,000 metric tons. A fixed umbilical mast standing 105 feet tall provides air conditioning to the Vega's payload.

Workers also added four lightning towers at the pad to protect the Vega rocket from thunderstorms. 
Unlike the Ariane 5 rocket, the Vega's stages are stacked on the pad inside the mobile gantry, which provides protection of the launcher from weather at the spaceport.

Vega's countdown is managed from Guiana Space Center's prime control center less than a mile from the launch pad, the same building wh ere Ariane 5's countdown is controlled.

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Цитировать11/08/2017 03:42

T-minus 60 minutes and counting. There continue to be no problems reported in the countdown for launch of Vega tonight. Liftoff is set for 0142:31 GMT (8:42:31 p.m. EST; 10:42:31 p.m. local time) from French Guiana.

ЦитироватьPhotos: Vega Launch Campaign for Moroccan Mohammed VI-A Satellite
November 3, 2017 (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/photos-vega-launch-campaign-for-moroccan-mohammed-vi-a-satellite/)

Photos of the Vega VV11 launch campaign show the stacking of the four-stage launch vehicle for a hush-hush satellite delivery for the government of the Kingdom of Morocco, involving a European-built high-resolution imaging satellite that is to double in a civilian and national security function. Mohammed VI-A is a 1,100kg satellite based on the Pleiades HR project, commissioned by Morocco as one of two satellites launching in 2017 & 18 to provide image products for mapping, environmental monitoring, disaster prevention and mitigation and border / coastal security.

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Цитировать11/08/2017 04:07

T-minus 35 minutes. Some statistics on today's flight:

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• 11th Vega launch
• 3rd Vega launch of 2017
• 10th launch from Guiana Space Center in 2017
• 36th launch from the ELA-1/SLV launch pad
• 150th Thales Alenia Space satellite launched by Arianespace
• 293rd Arianespace mission
  

Цитировать11/08/2017 04:10

The Vega rocket has just one second to launch tonight or else liftoff will be delayed to another day. The time is fixed for 0142:31 GMT (8:42:31 p.m. EST; 10:42:31 p.m. French Guiana time).

Цитировать11/08/2017 04:17

After liftoff, Vega will clear the pad's four lightning towers and pitch north from the Guiana Space Center, heading over the Atlantic Ocean and surpassing the speed of sound in about 30 seconds.

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The Vega's solid-fueled P80FW first stage, producing a maximum of 683,000 pounds of thrust, burns out 117 seconds after liftoff, giving way to the launcher's Zefiro 23 second stage at an altitude of about 33 miles (53 kilometers). 

After a 102-second burn, the second stage consumes its propellant 3 minutes, 40 seconds after launch and separates. The Vega's third stage, the Zefiro 9A motor, ignites 3 minutes, 52 seconds into the mission. 

A few seconds later, Vega's Swiss-built 8.5-foot-diameter (2.6-meter) payload fairing will jettison. 
Vega's third stage fires for more than two minutes, turning off and separating 6 minutes, 34 seconds after liftoff. 

The fourth stage, known as AVUM, ignites its liquid-fueled Ukrainian RD-843 engine 8 minutes, 3 seconds into the mission, burning for nearly eight minutes to reach a transfer orbit above Earth. 

After coasting more than 36 minutes, the AVUM fourth stage will fire again at Plus+52 minutes, 6 seconds for almost two minutes to reach a circular orbit for deployment of the Mohammed VI-A spacecraft.

Separation of the Mohammed VI-A satellite is scheduled for 55 minutes, 33 seconds after liftoff.
A third ignition of the upper stage engine will de-orbit the rocket to avoid creating space junk.

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Цитировать11/08/2017 04:25

Minus-17 minutes. The Mohammed VI-A satellite should be transitioning to internal battery power at this time.

Цитировать (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185376.jpg) Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live (https://twitter.com/S101_Live) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/S101_Live/status/928072849046294529)

L-10 Minutes: Final checks are conducted at this point to clear the way for initiation of the Synchronized Sequence at T-4 minutes. #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash)

Цитировать11/08/2017 04:35

Weather is reported favorable for an on-time launch tonight.

Цитировать11/08/2017 04:35

Weather is reported favorable for an on-time launch tonight.

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T-4 Minutes & COUNTING. #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash) has entered its highly choreographed Synchronized Sequence to get ready for blastoff.

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The AVUM Upper Stage is transferring to internal power. Precise T-0 time is being synchronized across all sequencers. #Vega (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vega?src=hash)

Цитировать11/08/2017 04:52

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ЦитироватьVega launches Mohammed VI-A satellite

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

An Arianespace Vega launch vehicle launched Mohammed VI-A satellite, from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana, on 8 November 2017, at 01:42:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2fZXgjtdQ&t=6151s) UTC (7 November, 22:42:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2fZXgjtdQ&t=81751s) local time). Mohammed VI-A (1110 kg) is an Earth observation satellite used by the Kingdom of Morocco 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.

ЦитироватьLaunch of Vega Rocket with Mohammed VI Satellite for Morocco

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

Arianespace have launched their 11th Vega rocket on the VV 11 mission carrying the Mohammed VI Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. Liftoff took place at 01:42 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT3Wc2Qs8yU&t=102s) UTC, November 8th 2017.

ЦитироватьRocket Assembly Highlights for Vega VV11 Mission

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

ЦитироватьVega (http://www.arianespace.com/mission-updates/?taxonomy%5Bmission-update-category%5D=vega) | November 7, 2017

Arianespace's Vega launcher performs its eighth mission at the service of Earth observation

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On its 11th consecutive success since entering service in 2012, Arianespace's light-lift Vega launcher orbited the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco on a nighttime mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Designated Flight VV11 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system, this was the eighth Earth observation mission for Vega. Overall, the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite was the 64th Earth observation platform orbited by Arianespace with its launch vehicles for government and commercial customers.

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Thales Alenia Space is the system prime contractor for the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite, supplying the payload – including the optical instrument, the image transmission subsystem, and the ground segment for image processing and production. Airbus, as satellite prime contractor, was in charge of its integration, as well as supplying the platform and the ground segment for mission planning and satellite control.

The multi-purpose MOHAMMED VI – A satellite

Tonight's 55-minute Vega mission placed the 1,110-kg. spacecraft into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The MOHAMMED VI – A satellite will serve multiple purposes, including mapping and land surveying, regional development, agricultural monitoring, monitoring changes in the environment, along with border and coastal surveillance.

Including the payload deployed by Flight VV11, Vega's eleven missions to date have lofted a combined total of 11.3 metric tons.

Flight VV11 was Arianespace's 10th launch of 2017, performed by its family of the heavyweight Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and light-lift Vega. The year's final launch is planned for December 12, using an Ariane 5 to orbit four European Galileo navigation and positioning satellites.

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Flight VV11: Arianespace orbits the "Mohammed VI – A" satellite developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus for the Kingdom Of Morocco; marking the 11th Vega success in a row

Arianespace has successfully launched the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite dedicated for Earth observation for the Kingdom of Morocco. The satellite was developed by the consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime.

The launch took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 10:42:31 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America).

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With this 11th success for Vega since 2012, Arianespace continues to demonstrate the exceptional reliability of its light launcher and its perfect adaptation to the needs of institutional and commercial customers.

Eighth Earth observation mission for Vega

The light, versatile Vega launcher carried out its eighth launch of an Earth observation satellite.

The MOHAMMED VI – A satellite will be used in particular for mapping and land surveying activities, regional development, agricultural monitoring, the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification.

Thales Alenia Space, as system prime contractor, supplied the payload, including the optical instrument, the image transmission subsystem, and the ground segment for image processing and production. Airbus, as satellite prime contractor, was in charge of its integration, as well as supplying the platform and the ground segment for mission planning and satellite control.

Including this latest mission, Arianespace has now orbited 64 Earth observation satellites for both government and commercial customers, in particular the European Copernicus program and the Eumetsat operator of meteorological satellites.

Arianespace continues to confirm its position as a key player in the dynamic Earth observation market, which represents 10% of the satellites already launched by the company, and 30% of the order book (in number of contracts).

Vega at a glance
 – 2012: first launch from CSG.
 – 11 launches, all successful, including eight for Earth observation satellites.
 – 26 satellites launched (13 for Earth observation, 11 for technology applications, and two for scientific missions).
 – 11.3 metric tons orbited.
 – Six launches in the order book (all for Earth observation)

Eleventh consecutive success for Vega, which is three-for-three in 2017

As the 11th consecutive success for Vega, Flight VV11 also is the 10th Arianespace launch since the beginning of 2017 and the third launch of Vega during the same period.

It also marks the second Vega mission by Arianespace using a new operational organization in conjunction with its partner Avio, industrial prime contractor for Vega. Avio now assumes responsibility for preparing the launcher until its liftoff (H0), while Arianespace maintains full responsibility for customer relations, as well as final countdown operations and the launch decision.

Vega C is the upgraded version of this launcher, slated for a first flight in 2019. Between June and September 2017, the first three launch contracts were booked for this launch vehicle with both commercial and institutional customers. Compared with the current version, Vega C will offer higher performance in terms of payload capacity (weight and volume), along with the operational flexibility to handle an even larger variety of missions (from nanosatellites to large optical and radar observation satellites), which will further boost the competitiveness of Arianespace's launch services.
Arianespace now has a backlog of nine missions for Vega and Vega C; one-third are for European institutions and two-thirds are for export customers, clearly confirming the validity of its launch services offering for satellites in the under 1.5-metric-ton class.

Shortly after the announcement of the orbital injection of the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Israël said: "On the occasion of this 11th consecutive success of the Vega launcher since its introduction at the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace is very proud to serve the Kingdom of Morocco for the first time. We are honored by Morocco's confidence in the launching of the iconic satellite MOHAMMED VI-A dedicated for Earth observation. Congratulations to Thales Alenia Space, system prime contractor and to Airbus, co-prime of the satellite. Both are long-standing partners.

Today, Vega marked its third successful launch in 2017, demonstrating both its reliability and availability. I would like to congratulate all our partners for this success: the teams of our prime contractor, Avio; the European Space Agency, for its active support for the Vega program, of which the Italian Space Agency is the main contributor; CNES/CSG; our industrial ground segment companies; and all employees of the launch base – always with us for new successes. Finally, congratulations to the Arianespace teams for the 10th successful launch this year."

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The MOHAMMED VI – A satellite separated from the launcher 55 minutes and 33 seconds after liftoff, and was placed in a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). It weighed 1,110 kg. at launch.

ЦитироватьArianespace Flight VV11 / MOHAMMED VI - A satellite

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Vega: eleventh consecutive successful mission

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The first launch of a Moroccan satellite

Colleferro, 8 November 2017 – The eleventh consecutive mission has been successfully completed by Vega, the European launcher that was conceived, designed and built by Avio. It is an accomplishment that has further consolidated its leading international status in terms of precision and reliability.

On its third and final mission in 2017, Vega delivered into orbit the MOHAMMED VI-A Earth observation satellite, which was built for Morocco by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus.

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The mission lifted off from the space centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 10:42 pm on 7 November (02:42 am on 8 November CET).

"Vega has kept up its track record of consecutive successes," stated Giulio Ranzo, CEO of Avio. "We are proud to have helped to open up access to Space for a new country: the Kingdom of Morocco. This achievement underlines the effectiveness of our partnership with Arianespace and our European industrial partners."

"Furthermore, thanks to the high levels of confidence in us among our customers, Arianespace has recently signed a new contract for six Vega launches and four Vega C launches, giving a total of ten flights between 2019 and 2021," added Ranzo. "In the meantime, in our facilities in Colleferro we're continuing to develop launchers that are capable of offering ever greater performance. We have completed the second P120 casing and we're now ready for the bench-test firing of the first Z40 engine, for the second stage of Vega C."

Vega

Vega is a European launcher that was designed, developed and built in Italy by Avio, through its subsidiary ELV (30% owned by ASI, the Italian Space Agency). It belongs to a new generation of vehicles designed to transfer satellites into low Earth orbit (between 300 and 1,500 km from Earth) for institutional and scientific purposes, in order to observe the Earth and monitor the environment. 65% of the funding for Vega came from Italy and it was built in the Avio production plant in Colleferro, near Rome. It complements the family of European launchers and it is capable of placing into orbit satellites with masses of up to 2,000 kg.

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> Download the press release  (http://www.avio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CS-Vega-VV11_EN.pdf)

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S/C Sep! Arianespace's Vega rocket has successfully (pending health checks) launched Mohammed VI-A.

ARTICLE: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/arianespace-vega-mohammed-vi-a-launch/ ... (https://t.co/eA3Q1ufo58)

COVERAGE: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43800.0 ... (https://t.co/OQB48ZbeHM)
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Arianespace Vega rocket launches Mohammed VI-A (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/arianespace-vega-mohammed-vi-a-launch/)
November 7, 2017 by William Graham

ЦитироватьMoroccan Image Reconnaissance Satellite Sent into Orbit by European Vega Rocket
November 8, 2017 (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/vega-launches-mohammed-vi-a-satellite/)

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A European Vega rocket lit up the night over the French Guiana coast line on Tuesday, blasting off with a high-resolution communications satellite built by a European industry consortium for operation by the Kingdom of Morocco as a sharp eye in the sky for civilian benefits like environmental monitoring and mapping while doubling as a national security tool in border and coastal surveillance.

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The light-lifter in Arianespace's family of launch vehicles jumped off its launch pad at 1:42 UTC on Wednesday, turning straight north to lift the 1,110-Kilogram Mohammed VI-A satellite into a Sun Synchronous Orbit as the first in a two-satellite constellation. The 30-meter tall Vega fired its three solid-fueled stages in just six minutes before the AVUM upper stage assumed control for a two-burn mission profile. Although orbital parameters were withheld given the partial military nature of the mission, Arianespace confirmed the satellite was deployed into the target orbit 55 minutes after taking off from the Guiana Space Center.

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Tuesday night's launch was the tenth Arianespace mission of the year, coming after two rare Soyuz missions to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, five dual-payload deliveries by the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket and a pair of Vega missions, also carrying Earth observation and reconnaissance satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbits. It was the penultimate launch from French Guiana planned this year with another Ariane 5 on the books, targeting a December 12 liftoff with the next four satellites joining Europe's Galileo navigation constellation.

The Vega VV11 mission became up for grabs on fairly short notice after ESA's ADM-Aeolus experimental wind-profiling mission encountered an initial slip from November to January and then a multi-month delay to mid-2018 – freeing up a Vega launch vehicle for a customer who had a satellite at the ready. Information first emerged in July that a classified passenger had been assigned to the VV11 launch slot. The payload in question was quickly identified as the Moroccan imaging satellite that had shown up under the code name "MN35-13" in various Airbus documents.

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Pleiades Earth Imaging Satellite (Mohammed VI-A Similar) – Image: CNES

Re-named Mohammed VI-A in the weeks before launch to honor the current Moroccan King, the satellite was ordered by the North African country in 2013 from Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia – working in a collaboration similar to the French Pleiades high-resolution satellites launched in 2011 & 12 as well as the Falcon Eye imaging constellation currently being readied for launch in 2018/19 for operation by the United Arab Emirates. These satellites all share similar platforms and instruments, though the newer models feature performance improvements including better image resolution and streamlined data processing / mission planning architectures.

No photos of Mohammed VI-A were released during its preparations flow for Tuesday night's launch – the only depictions of the spacecraft are available in the Arianespace VV11 mission booklet and the official launch poster issued by the Guiana Space Center. Based on the AstroSat-1000 platform, the satellite hosts a 65-centimeter aperture telescope with advanced line detector arrays, allowing it to achieve a ground resolution better than 70 centimeters for panchromatic black-and-white imagery and better than three meters for color and near infrared imagery.

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Pleiades Satellite – Photo: Airbus Defence and Space

According to official information, the two MN35 satellites will be used for mapping and land surveying, regional development, agricultural and resource monitoring, disaster prevention and mitigation, environmental and desertification monitoring, and border and coastal surveillance.

As Morocco's first optical imaging satellite, the project is closely watched by the country's neighbors – Algeria in particular as the spacecraft gives Morocco the ability of monitoring activities of the Algerian Army and separatists of the Polisario Front that aim to end Morocco's presence in disputed territories of Western Sahara. Documentation shows the Mohammed VI-A satellite will be controlled by the Ministry of Defence from a control center in the Moroccan capital Rabat which is also the base for the mission's primary ground station.

>> Mohammed VI-A Satellite Overview (http://spaceflight101.com/vega-vv11/mohammed-vi-a/)

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Tuesday night's mission marked the third flight of the Vega rocket in 2017 – the expected number of annual flights for Vega's operational career, currently working toward the inauguration of the Vega-C rocket in 2019 to consolidate the Solid Rocket Motors used by the Ariane 6 and Vega programs in an effort to streamline production & reduce cost.

Vega stands 30 meters tall and weighs 137 metric tons, comprising a stack of three solid-fueled stages with an Attitude and Vernier Upper Module (AVUM) sitting atop to give the vehicle multi-orbit and precise injection capability via multiple re-starts.

Vega enjoyed a smooth countdown that picked up nine hours before the night's instantaneous launch opportunity and was largely focused on checkouts of the rocket's Multi-Function Unit serving as the primary onboard control system. Revealed atop its pad when the large Mobile Service Gantry retracted to its launch position, Vega entered a final round of radio link checks followed by reconfigurations for the four-minute synchronized sequence. As computers assumed control of the countdown, Vega went through the transfer to internal power, a last check of the guidance system and the handover to onboard control half a minute before launch.

>> Vega Launch Vehicle (http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/vega/)

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Vega fired off the ZLV launch pad at precisely 10:42:31 p.m. local time on Tuesday when the P80 first stage ignited and soared to a peak thrust of 280 metric-ton-force. Departing French Guiana with a thrust to weight ratio greater than two, Vega climbed vertically for only a handful seconds before pitching over onto an ascent path straight north, aiming for a high-inclination orbit.

With P80 consuming over 800 Kilograms of solid propellant per second, Vega accelerated beyond the speed of sound just over half a minute after liftoff and passed the area of Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure when crossing 13 Kilometers in altitude at T+53 seconds. Consuming the last of its 88-metric-ton propellant load, P80 burned out 115 seconds into flight after boosting the rocket to a speed of around 1.7 Kilometers per second.

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One minute and 57 seconds into the flight, the P80 was jettisoned and the 11.2-meter long Zefiro-23 fired up its solid rocket motor to continue pushing Vega toward space with a thrust of 122 metric-ton-force. Consuming 24 metric tons of packed propellant, the second stage was to accelerate Vega to nearly 4 Kilometers per second and lift it to an altitude of 150 Kilometers.

The second stage dropped away three minutes and 40 seconds after launch, followed 12 seconds later by ignition of the Zefiro-9, the last of Vega's solid-fueled stages. Burning 10 metric tons of propellants over 110 seconds, the 4.1-meter third stage increased the vehicle's speed to 7.5 Kilometers per second – placing it on a sub-orbital arc.

Five seconds into operation of the third stage, Vega split open and jettisoned its two payload fairing halves, revealing the Mohammed VI-A satellite for the rest of its trip into orbit as aerodynamic forces were no longer a factor. As the Z9 stage burned out, Vega held onto the stage for another 50 seconds to allow residual thrust to fully tail off and so avoid re-contact between the spent stage and the upper stage.

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AVUM separated six minutes and 34 seconds after launch to assume control of the flight for a pair of main engine burns to inject Mohammed VI-A into a nearly circular orbit. The upper stage began its operation with an attitude stabilization and a propellant settling maneuver during a minute and a half of coasting before firing up its Main Engine Assembly, built around a Ukrainian RD-869 main engine, at the T+7-minute mark.

AVUM, loaded with 577 Kilograms of propellant, can support extended missions with up to five re-starts of its engine to deliver payloads into a variety of orbits at high injection accuracy. Generating 250 Kilogram-force of thrust, AVUM's first task was lifting Mohammed VI-A into an elliptical parking orbit by firing its engine for seven minutes and 45 seconds. The upper stage was also programmed to dynamically adjust its flight profile in order to correct any errors occurring on the lower stages.

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Arriving in an elliptical Parking Orbit, AVUM entered a passive coast of 36 minutes to climb to the high point of the orbit so that the second burn could serve as circularization maneuver. Re-start of the main engine was confirmed 52 minutes after launch and the upper stage burned for one minute and 51 seconds to reach the planned orbit around 630 Kilometers in altitude. Loaded springs pushed the Mohammed VI-A satellite away from AVUM 55 minutes and 33 seconds after launch, setting sail on a ten-year mission supplying Morocco with dual-purpose monitoring and surveillance data.

Arianespace confirmed that – based on telemetry data from the vehicle – Mohammed VI-A was deployed into the planned Sun-Synchronous Orbit, marking the company's tenth success of the year and leaving Vega with a clean 11/11 record. Next for the satellite is a multi-week commissioning campaign beginning with first signal acquisition shortly after launch followed by detailed systems checks, orbital fine-tuning and preparations of the high-resolution imaging payload for regular mission operations starting when the satellite is turned over to its operator from prime contractor Airbus.

For the AVUM upper stage, the last order of business is a 78-second deorbit burn 107 minutes after launch to transition the stage back onto a sub-orbital arc for disposal via destructive re-entry.

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

Arianespace has successfully launched the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite dedicated for Earth observation for the Kingdom of Morocco. The satellite was developed by the consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime.

The launch took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 10:42:31 p.m. (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America).

With this 11th success for Vega since 2012, Arianespace continues to demonstrate the exceptional reliability of its light launcher and its perfect adaptation to the needs of institutional and commercial customers.

ЦитироватьDécollage du Vol Vega 11, depuis le Centre spatial guyanais

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

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Morocco's Mohammed VI-A satellite cataloged as 43005 in a 620 x 622 km x 98.0 deg orbit with 10:20 local time descending node following successful launch

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ЦитироватьArianespace Flight VV11 / MOHAMMED VI – A satellite

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Опубликовано: 7 нояб. 2017 г.

On its 11th consecutive success since entering service in 2012, Arianespace's light-lift Vega launcher today orbited the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco on a nighttime mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

ЦитироватьMorocco's first high-resolution surveillance satellite launched aboard Vega rocket
November 8, 2017 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/) Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

A reconnaissance satellite built in secrecy in France for the Moroccan government launched Tuesday on top of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center in South America.

The Mohammed VI-A optical imaging craft, named for the Moroccan king, lifted off at 8:42:31 p.m. EST Tuesday (0142:31 GMT Wednesday) from the European-run spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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The high-resolution surveillance satellite rode a 98-foot-tall (30-meter) Vega rocket into a roughly 385-mile-high (620-kilometer) polar orbit following the late night liftoff at 10:42 p.m. local time in French Guiana.

The Vega's solid-fueled first stage powered the launcher skyward with nearly 700,000 pounds of thrust, steering the rocket north over the Atlantic Ocean. Two more solid rocket stages fired as Vega soared east of the Lesser Antilles, then near Bermuda before flying over Canada as its liquid-fueled fourth stage burned to accelerate into orbit.

The upper stage's Ukrainian-made engine ignited twice, separated by a nearly 40-minute coast phase, to place the Mohammed VI-A reconnaissance satellite in a near-circular orbit tilted 98 degrees to the equator.

The spacecraft deployed from the Vega fourth stage at 9:38 p.m. EST (0238 GMT), and officials declared the launch a success.

"Arianespace is delighted to confirm that the Mohammed VI-A satellite successfully separated in its targeted sun-synchronous orbit," said Luce Fabreguettes, executive vice president for missions, operations and purchasing at Arianespace, the French company that oversees Vega missions. "This is the third successful launch for Vega this year, and its 11th success for clients and partners since the launch vehicle began its career at the Guiana Space Center."

All 11 of the light-class launcher's missions have been successful since debuting in 2012, placing 26 spacecraft into orbit for commercial customers, international governments, the European Space Agency and the European Commission.

"Vega has kept up its track record of consecutive successes," staid Giulio Ranzo, CEO of Avio, the Italian lead contractor on the Vega rocket program. "We are proud to have helped to open up access to space for a new country: the Kingdom of Morocco. This achievement underlines the effectiveness of our partnership with Arianespace and our European industrial partners."

The Mohammed VI-A satellite is designed for civilian and military uses, but little information about the spacecraft's capabilities has been released. It was only know by the codename MN35-13, and the satellite's end user was undisclosed until an official announcement of the impending launch last week.

The satellite weighed around 2,450 pounds (1,110 kilograms) at launch, according to Arianespace.

The Moroccan government ordered two high-resolution Earth observation satellites from Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space in 2013 after an intergovernmental agreement between Morocco and France.

The two European aerospace contractors, normally competitors, teamed up on the program, with Thales taking lead as prime contractor and supplier of the satellites' optical imaging equipment, and Airbus responsible for constructing the spacecraft platforms in Toulouse, France.

"Four years ago, when we eventually signed this contract after almost three years of intensive negotiations, (Morocco) asked us to launch the first satellite before the end of 2017," said Jean-Loic Galle, chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space. "We had answered that would be a tough challenge for such an ambitious program. Today, we're proud to say mission accomplished."

Developed in secrecy, Mohammed VI-A is the first of the two satellites to launch. A second spacecraft, presumably named Mohammed VI-B, will launch on a Vega rocket from French Guiana next year.

Karim Tajmouati, head of the Moroccan government's delegation to attend the launch in French Guiana, said he felt "intense joy and relief" following the satellite's deployment in orbit.

"This satellite, Mohammed VI-A, which is now on orbit, is the pride of all Moroccans and the Kingdom of Morocco," Tajmouati said. "This project, which was wanted by His Majesty, the King of Morocco, is a technological adventure, an advanced technological adventure, which will allow high value-added applications and developments in such diverse areas as land surveying, mapping, environmental management, the prevention of natural disasters and climatic disasters, land development, and also the following of agricultural activities."

Moroccan security forces will use the satellites to help combat insurgent militants in the Sahel, such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and for border enforcement, according to a report in El Pais, a Spanish newspaper. The entire program, including two satellites, launch services and ground support, reportedly cost around 500 million euros ($580 million).

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The official launch poster includes an illustration of the Vega rocket (left) and the Mohammed VI-A satellite (right). Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Observers believe the Mohammed VI satellites are based on Airbus' AstroSat-1000 design. An artist's concept of Mohammed VI-A shows the spacecraft has three extendable solar array wings and an outward appearance similar to France's two Pleiades Earth observation satellites and two Falcon Eye satellites ordered from Airbus by the United Arab Emirates.

The Pleiades satellites, which provide imagery for government and commercial customers, were launched in 2011 and 2012 into orbits around 435 miles (700 kilometers) high. Each Pleiades satellite can take pictures with a resolution as sharp as 2.3 feet (70 centimeters), and post-processing can improve the image quality to 1.6 feet (50 centimeters).

The Falcon Eye and Mohammed VI satellites are believed to have comparable capabilities.

Arianespace's next launch is set for Dec. 12, when an Ariane 5 rocket will loft four navigation satellites to join Europe's Galileo constellation.

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Цитировать7 novembre 2017
Vol Vega 11 – Mission réussie !

Vega a lancé avec succès le satellite MOHAMMED VI – A, dédié à l'observation de la Terre. Le satellite a été développé par le consortium constitué de Thales Alenia Space en tant que mandataire et d'Airbus en co-maîtrise d'œuvre pour le Royaume du Maroc.

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Полёт Vega 11 - Успешная миссия!

Вега успешно запустила спутник MOHAMMED VI - A, предназначенный для наблюдения Земли. Спутник был разработан консорциумом Thales Alenia Space в качестве агента и Airbus в качестве соподрядчика для Королевства Марокко.

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ЦитироватьArianespace Flight VV11 / Behind the Scenes of the Dream

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Опубликовано: 13 нояб. 2017 г.

On its 11th consecutive success since entering service in 2012, Arianespace's light-lift Vega launcher today orbited the MOHAMMED VI – A satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco on a nighttime mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana.