SSMS POC flight (53 μnКА) - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV - 03.09.2020, 01:51:10 UTC

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Пуск Vega VV16 запланирован на эту субботу, 27 июня, в 22:51 по времени Куру (03:51 по парижскому времени).

Метеорологические условия, наблюдаемые над Гвианским космическим центром, позволяют возобновить работу после нескольких отсрочек этого запуска, первоначально запланированного на 18 июня.

Учитывая текущую ситуацию в области здравоохранения и график комендантского часа в Куру, места наблюдения пуска останутся закрытыми. Пуск будет транслироваться в прямом эфире на канале youtu.be/a6xlSlWwHY0
Пуск 28 июня с.г. в 01:51 UTC.
Прим. Адрес трансляции в сообщении - на фр. языке. Адрес англоязычной трансляции см #58.

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https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/vv16-resumption/

Цитата: undefinedVega | June 27, 2020
Flight VV16: Vega – SSMS PoC Flight – Resumption of launch operations

Today's predicted meteorological conditions over the Guiana Space Center enable the consideration of resuming chronological operations for the 16th Vega Flight (VV16) launch.

Subject to confirmation of favorable conditions, the new targeted liftoff timing for the SSMS PoC flight is Saturday, June 27 at precisely:

  • 9:51:10 p.m., Washington, D.C. time,
  • 10:51:10 p.m., Kourou, French Guiana time,
  • 01:51:10 a.m., Universal Time (UTC), on June 28,
  • 3:51:10 a.m., Paris & Rome time, on June 28.

The Vega launch vehicle and its 53 spacecraft payloads are in stable and safe conditions.

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A0464/20 - DUE TO A FRENCH GUIANA SPACE CENTER LAUNCH, VEGA VV16,
NEW YORK OCEANIC WILL NOT ACCEPT IFR FLT WI THAT SPLASHDOWN AIRSPACE BOUNDED BY
1931N05358W TO 1931N05348W TO 1753N05341W TO 1753N05350W TO START POINT.
ALL ACFT CERTIFIED FOR RNP4/10 SHALL FILE ROUTES THAT AVOID THE ABOVE HAZARD AREAS BY A MINIMUM OF 25NM.
SFC - UNL, DLY 0051-0222, 21 JUN 00:51 2020 UNTIL 29 JUN 02:22 2020.
CREATED: 17 JUN 21:51 2020

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Зоны - космодрома (NAVAREA IV 504/20), падения 1-й (NAVAREA IV 513/20) и 2-й (NAVAREA IV 514/20) ступеней РН, падения ГО РН (A0464/20)

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https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=534045&lang=RU
ЦитироватьНа орбиту стартует европейская ракета Vega с 53 спутниками
      Париж. 27 июня. ИНТЕРФАКС - Легкая ракета-носитель Vega Европейского космического агентства в воскресенье должна стартовать на орбиту с 53 коммерческими микроспутниками, сообщила компания-оператор Arianespace.
       Запуск, который планировалось осуществить еще 18 июня, будет проведен "в случае благоприятных погодных условий" с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане в 01:51 по времени UTC (04:51 мск).
       Выводимые на орбиту космические аппараты массой до 150 кг, принадлежащие 21 коммерческим заказчикам из 13 стран, предназначены для выполнения задач дистанционного зондирования Земля, обеспечения связи и проведения научных исследований.
       Они будут выведены на орбиту приблизительно через полтора часа после старта ракеты Vega.
       Старт ракеты Vega будет первым в рамках программы SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service), которая реализуется для вывода на орбиту малых коммерческих спутников.

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Цитата: zandr от 27.06.2020 23:44:27https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=534045&lang=RU
Цитата: undefinedНа орбиту стартует европейская ракета Vega с 53 спутниками
Ну, для ТАСС эт вроде уже и не новость за полсуток - #59

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/27/cluster-of-international-satellites-ready-for-ride-into-orbit-on-vega-rocket/

Цитата: undefinedCluster of international satellites ready for ride into orbit on Vega rocket

June 27, 2020 | Stephen Clark


Technicians at the Guiana Space Center lift a stack of 53 small spacecraft for attachment to the Vga rocket's payload adapter. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon

Debuting a two-tier structure designed to accommodate dozens of small satellites on a single mission, an Italian-made Vega rocket is set for liftoff Saturday night from the northeastern coast of South America on a flight to demonstrate European industry's answer to growing rideshare launch demand.

Funded by the European Space Agency, the adapter structure was designed and manufactured in the Czech Republic and Italy. Engineers say it can be reconfigured in different arrangements to allow for launches with varying numbers of CubeSats and larger minisatellites as large as a refrigerator.

Arianespace and Avio — the Vega launch service provider and the Vega prime contractor — hope the Small Spacecraft Mission Service, or SSMS, multi-satellite dispenser can be launched once per year if there's enough demand from international satellite companies and European government agencies.

There are 53 satellites from 21 customers in 13 countries — including ESA member states and the United States — aboard the Vega rocket awaiting liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America at 9:51:10 p.m. EDT Saturday (10:51 p.m. EDT; 0151 GMT Sunday).

The Vega rocket's solid-fueled first stage will propel the launcher north from French Guiana. After successive burns by the Vega's second and third stages, the rocket's restartable liquid-fueled fourth stage will ignite two times to place the satellites in a polar sun-synchronous orbit orbit 320 miles (515 kilometers) above Earth at an inclination of 97.45 degrees.

The seven largest satellites will separate from the rocket in that orbit between 40 and 53 minutes after liftoff. Two more brief firings by the Vega's fourth stage will boost the remaining 46 nanosatellites into a slightly higher 329-mile-high (530-kilometer) orbit with an inclination of 97.51 degrees.

The last of the CubeSats will separate from the Vega upper stage around an hour and 45 minutes into the mission.

The rideshare launch was supposed to occur last year, but a Vega rocket failed during a flight in July 2019. The launch Saturday night will be the first Vega mission since the failure, which engineers traced to a structural failure on the Vega's second stage.

Before the failure, the Vega rocket had amassed 15 straight successful launches since its debut in 2012.

Days before the Vega rocket's return-to-flight launch date in March, Arianespace suspended launch preparations due to the coronavirus pandemic. Launch preparations resumed in May, and the mission was set to lift off June 18, but high winds have kept the rocket on the ground.

Now all systems appear ready for liftoff Saturday night.


Workers in French Guiana integrate the two tiers of the SSMS launch adapter. Credit: ESA-Manuel Pedoussaut

"This flight heralds a new era in rideshare opportunities for small satellites and shows our commitment to extending Europe's access to space capabilities to serve European institutions, strengthen our space industry and grow our economy," commented Renato Lafranconi, Vega exploitation program manager at ESA.

"New customers are keen to take their place on our next rideshare," Lafranconi said in a statement. "This gives us a lot of confidence that this new service will become a vital element of the Vega launch service."

"This SSMS dispenser makes effective use of every available space thanks to a modular design approach," said Giorgio Tumino, ESA's Vega and Space Rider program manager. "The lower section is hexagonal and can hold six nanosatellites or up to a dozen CubeSat deployers. The upper section is used for microsatellites, minisatellites and small satellites. The lower section can also be used independently, coupled with a larger satellite replacing the top section."

The SSMS structure is designed to be as light as possible, using low-density aluminum sandwich panels covered in a carbon fiber reinforced polymer skins, according to ESA.

"Our objective is to ensure maximum flexibility, with an SSMS dispenser able to be assembled very close to the launch date and to meet the requirements of any mission," Tumino said.

The first SSMS mission set for launch Saturday is a proof of concept flight to demonstrate the Vega rocket's capability to deliver clusters of small satellites into orbit. The mission's payload of 53 satellites sets a record for the most spacecraft launched on a single European rocket.

The satellites on the SSMS proof of concept flight range in mass between about 2 pounds (1 kilogram) and 330 pounds (150 kilograms), according to Arianespace.

The highest number of satellites launched on a single Vega rocket to date was nine spacecraft on the launch vehicle's inaugural flight in 2012.

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carried 104 small satellites into orbit in 2017, a record for the most spacecraft launched on one rocket. SpaceX has launched 60 Starlink Internet satellites — each weighing about a quarter-ton — on individual Falcon 9 rockets multiple times.

Officials aggregated satellites from the European Space Agency and commercial companies for the SSMS proof of concept flight.

The satellite sitting on top of the stack was built by Maxar Technologies. In its press kit for the launch, Arianespace describes the satellite as a "small experimental communication spacecraft," but the launch provider says the satellite's final customer is "undisclosed."

The 304-pound (138-kilogram) satellite is believed to be a technology demonstration spacecraft named Athena. PointView Tech, a subsidiary of Facebook, is testing technologies that could be used in a future constellation of small satellites to provide global broadband Internet services. Athena is PointView Tech's first satellite.


Ground crews position the ION CubeSat Carrier spacecraft into position on the SSMS payload stack. Made by D-Orbit, an Italian company, the spacecraft carries 12 SuperDove Earth-imaging CubeSats for Planet. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon

A 330-pound (150-kilogram) spacecraft developed by the Italian space company D-Orbit is also riding to space on the Vega rocket. D-Orbit's ION CubeSat Carrier is loaded with 12 SuperDove Earth-imaging CubeSats for Planet, which will be released after the carrier craft separates from the Vega rocket's upper stage in orbit.

If you include the 12 SuperDoves inside the ION CubeSat carrier, the SSMS proof of concept mission is actually launching with 65 satellites.

D-Orbit plans to develop more capable CubeSat carriers for future missions with propulsion systems that could maneuver customers' nanosatellites into different orbital slots after separation from their launch vehicle, giving CubeSat operators the ability to still put their spacecraft into tailored orbits even if riding on a rideshare flight to a slightly different altitude or inclination.

The launch marks the first use of D-Orbit's InOrbit Now, or ION, service.

The largest satellite ever built in Luxembourg is also hitching a ride into orbit on the Vega launch vehicle. Named ESAIL, the 246-pound (112-kilogram) spacecraft was developed in partnership between ESA and exactEarth, a Canadian company with maritime tracking sensors on more than 60 satellites already in orbit.

ESAIL is part of an ESA initiative called SAT-AIS, managed within ESA's telecommunication program office, which aims to foster the development of a fleet of small satellites to receive and relay Automatic Identification System signals from ships.

Built by LuxSpace, ESAIL was funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency and other ESA member states. The project also received private funding from exactEarth, which will operate the satellite on a commercial basis.

A key user of ESAIL satellite data will be the European Maritime Safety Agency. Officials say ESAIL will improve fisheries monitoring, maritime fleet management, environmental protection, and border and maritime security services.

Slovenia's NEMO-HD Earth-imaging microsatellite is also on the Vega launch. The 143-pound (65-kilogram) NEMO-HD spacecraft will collect medium-resolution color still and high-definition video imagery that can be downlinked to the ground in realtime.

NEMO-HD was built in Canada at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory for the Slovenian Center of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies, or SPACE-SI.

A 99-pound Spanish microsatellite named UPMSat 2 is also on the SSMS rideshare cluster. Loaded with tech demo payloads, it was developed as an educational project by students at the Polytechnic University of Madrid since 2009.

The ÑuSat 6 Earth-imaging microsatellite is also awaiting launch. It's the next spacecraft to join a remote sensing satellite fleet owned by Satellogic, an Argentine company.

Headquartered in Buenos Aires with a satellite manufacturing facility in Montevideo, Uruguay, Satellogic is building a fleet of satellites to cover the globe with visible, hyperspectral and infrared imagery. The company is one of several startups active in the commercial Earth-imaging market, along with Planet, BlackSky, ICEYE, and others.

Satellogic plans to deploy a fleet of 90 microsatellites primarily using Chinese rockets. ÑuSat 6 will be Satellogic's 11th satellite to launch, and the first to fly on a European rocket.


The ESAIL satellite. Credit: ESA

A small satellite designed to monitor greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere is also set for blastoff. The GHGSat C1 satellite, with a launch mass of about 34 pounds (15.4 kilograms), is owned by a startup named GHGSat based in Montreal.

The Canadian-built spacecraft is the second to launch for GHGSat, which says the satellite will be capable of detecting methane emissions from specific sources, such as oil and gas wells. Buoyed by financial infusions from climate-focused investment funds, the oilfield services company Schlumberger, and the governments of Canada, Alberta and Quebec, GHGSat aims to field a fleet of greenhouse gas-monitoring satellites to feed data to regulators and industry.

The Vega rocket will carry up 46 nanosatellites along with the seven heavier payloads.

Swarm Technologies has 12 of its tiny SpaceBEE satellites, each about the size of a slice of bread, ready for liftoff on the Vega rocket. The "BEE" in SpaceBEE stands for Basic Electronic Element.

Swarm is developing a low-data-rate satellite communications fleet the company says could be used by connected cars, remote environmental sensors, industrial farming operations, transportation, smart meters, and for text messaging in rural areas outside the range of terrestrial networks.

In addition to the 12 SuperDove CubeSats inside the free-flying ION CubeSat carrier, Planet has 14 other SuperDoves on the Vega launch. They will eject out of a CubeSat deployer mounted directly on the SSMS rideshare structure.

The Seattle-based launch broker Spaceflight arranged for the launch of Swarm's SpaceBEEs and 14 of Planet's SuperDoves on the Vega mission.

The 26 new SuperDoves, roughly size of a toaster oven, will join more than 100 other Earth-imaging CubeSats and 18 higher-resolution SkySat remote sensing satellites in Planet's fleet. Planet operates the world's largest constellation of commercial Earth-imaging satellites, and has the second-biggest fleet of commercial satellites of any company, behind SpaceX's Starlink network.

There are 8 new Lemur-2 CubeSats for Spire Global's fleet of nanosatellites tracking ships and collecting atmospheric data that could improve the accuracy of weather prediction models.


The Vega rocket's Swiss-made payload shroud was raised atop the rocket in French Guiana on June 13. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon

A pair of briefcase-sized 6U CubeSats developed by ESA and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, will augment data provided by Europe's Sentinel environmental monitoring satellites. The FSSCat A and B CubeSats carries instruments to "measure soil moisture, ice extent, and ice thickness, and to detect melting ponds over ice," according to the university's nanosatellite laboratory.

SpacePharma, a Swiss-based company with a research lab in Israel, will launch its second CubeSat on the Vega rocket. The company is developing CubeSats to host pharmaceutical research experiments in microgravity.

Two Belgian CubeSats are also on the launch.

One of the nanosatellites, named PICASSO, was developed for ESA by the Belgian Institute of Space Aeronomy with VTT Finland and the UK's Clyde Space. PICASSO will measure ozone on the stratosphere and collect temperature profile data in the upper atmosphere.

The SIMBA CubeSat will measure how much solar energy enters Earth's atmosphere, a variable that has a big impact on Earth's climate. SIMBA was developed for ESA by Belgium's Royal Meteorological Institute, the University of Leuven, and Innovative Solutions in Space in the Netherlands.

The TRISAT CubeSat developed by the University of Maribor in Slovenia and is designed to demonstrate Slovenian spacecraft and remote sending technologies. The TTU100 CubeSat from the Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia carries Earth observation cameras.

A CubeSat named AMICalSat jointly developed by the Grenoble University Space Center in France and Moscow State University in Russia will observe polar auroras.

The NAPA 1 CubeSat will be Thailand's first military satellite. Built in the Netherlands, it's designed to demonstrate Earth-imaging capabilities that could be used in future satellites owned by the Royal Thai Air Force.


An engineer integrates the NAPA 1 CubeSat into its deployer on the Vega launch stack. Credit: Innovative Solutions in Space

Kepler Communications, a Toronto-based company, plans to launch its third and final technology demonstration satellite on the Vega rocket. Named TARS, the satellite will test equipment Kepler plans to incorporate into a planned constellation of 140 commercial data relay nanosatellites in low Earth orbit.

The first satellite manufactured in Monaco, named OSM-1 CICERO, is the product of a partnership between Orbital Solutions Monaco and GeoOptics, which has a fleet of CICERO CubeSats collecting radio occultation data. The radio occultation technique works by measuring how the atmosphere changes satellite radio signals, yielding profiles fo atmospheric conditions useful in climate research and weather forecasting.

There's also a CubeSat on the Vega launch manufactured by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems of California for an undisclosed customer. It is only designated as Tyvak 0171 in Arianespace's launch press kit.

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Цитата: undefined Vašek Havlíček @vhavlicekv 13 ч. назад

In 14 hours, the #VV16 #SSMS is launching! We at SAB Aerospace are happy to be the design and manufacturing authority of the dispenser! #Brnoregion
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1276838410741743616/pu/vid/1280x720/twjLrc-aN9cghzbC.mp4 (2:03)

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/27/vega-vv16-mission-status-center/


Цитата: undefined06/28/2020 04:18 Stephen Clark

The final countdown for tonight's launch began at 1631 GMT (12:41 p.m. EDT). Power-up of the Vega rocket began around 1951 GMT (3:51 p.m. EDT) to begin testing of its on-board computer and navigation systems.

The Vega's navigation was to be aligned and verified functional at around 2011 GMT (4:11 p.m. EDT).

The launch team received a weather briefing before rollback of the Vega launch facility's mobile gantry at 2236 (6:36 p.m. EDT). The launch pad's mobile service tower was retracted into launch position, rolling on rails to a point 260 feet (80 meters) from the Vega rocket.

The launcher's navigation system was to be tested again at 2326 GMT (7:26 p.m. EDT), and Vega's telemetry transmitters and transponders were set to be activated after the rollback of the launch pad gantry around 0036 GMT (8:36 p.m. EDT).

Engineers verified the readiness of Vega's systems at 0101 GMT (9:01 p.m. EDT), and a final pre-launch weather briefing is scheduled for 0141 GMT (9:41 p.m. EDT).

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 114 seconds after liftoff, giving way to the launcher's Zefiro 23 second stage at an altitude of about 33 miles (53 kilometers). 

After a 103-second burn, the second stage consumes its propellant 3 minutes, 37 seconds, after launch and separates. The Vega's third stage, the Zefiro 9 motor, ignites 3 minutes, 50 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, 30 seconds after liftoff. 

The fourth stage, known as AVUM, ignites its liquid-fueled Ukrainian RD-843 engine at Plus+7 minutes, 54 seconds into the mission, burning for nearly eight minutes to reach a transfer orbit above Earth. 

After coasting for 23 minutes, the AVUM fourth stage will fire again at Plus+38 minutes, 13 seconds for more than a minute to reach a circular 320-mile-high (515-kilometer) orbit for deployment of the seven largest satellites on the mission between 40 and 53 minutes after liftoff

A third ignition of the upper stage engine is planned 58 minutes after liftoff, followed by a fourth burn at Plus+1 hour, 41 minutes, setting the stage for separation of 46 nanosatellites in a 329-mile-high (530-kilometer) orbit between Plus+1 hour, 42 minutes, and Plus+1 hour, 45 minutes.

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Цитировать06/28/2020 04:41 Stephen Clark

SCRUB. The European Space Agency says the Vega rocket's launch with 53 small satellites is again delayed.

Weather conditions a short time ago were confirmed to be unacceptable at the launch site in French Guiana

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Цитата: undefined Emiliano Kargieman @earlkman 19 мин. назад

Launch has been suspended due to climate at the launch base. Next attempt will be tomorrow.
Для справки:
Emiliano Kargieman - CEO @Satellogic

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Цитировать06/28/2020 05:12 Stephen Clark

Avio, the Vega rocket's Italian manufacturer, says teams could try again tomorrow at 9:51 p.m. EDT (0151 GMT Monday) to launch 53 small satellites from the Guiana Space Center in South America.

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/8833131

Цитировать28 ИЮН, 05:14
Запуск ракеты Vega с 53 спутниками с космодрома Куру отложили
Новую дату пуска корпорация Arianespace не указала

ТАСС, 28 июня. Запуск европейской ракеты-носителя Vega с 53 микро- и наноспутниками на борту с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане вновь отложен из-за неблагоприятных погодных условий. Об этом сообщила в воскресенье корпорация Arianespace.

Новая дата пуска пока не указывается. Изначально он должен был состояться 18 июня, однако был отложен из-за сильного ветра. Затем запуск предполагалось осуществить 20 июня (в 04:51 мск 21 июня), но и тогда его пришлось перенести.
Спойлер
Предполагаемая продолжительность миссии VV16 составляет примерно два часа. Последние спутники должны отделиться от ракеты-носителя спустя 1 час 44 минуты после старта. Общая масса груза составляет 1,3 тонны.

Запуск Vega с 53 микро- и наноспутниками на борту должен стать первым после вынужденного перерыва из-за пандемии коронавируса, распространение которого все еще продолжается во Французской Гвиане. Он также будет первым в рамках проекта SSMS по отправке на орбиту малых космических аппаратов. В рамках нынешней миссии Arianespace планирует вывести на орбиту спутники 21 заказчика из 13 стран. Аппараты массой до 150 кг будут выполнять различные задачи, включая наблюдение за Землей, обеспечение телекоммуникаций, научные измерения, испытание технологий и реализацию образовательных проектов.
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Цитировать Arianespace @Arianespace 1 мин. назад

Weather postponement for Vega's rideshare mission with the Small Spacecraft Mission Service. #Vega and its payload of 53 small-sats remain in a stable and safe condition at Spaceport's SLV Launch Complex. Weather permitting, another attempt will be made tomorrow, June 28.

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https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/vv16-new-postponement/

ЦитироватьVega | June 27, 2020
Vega Flight VV16 – the SSMS PoC mission: New postponement due to weather conditions

As high-altitude winds above the Guiana Space Center remain unfavorable, Arianespace has taken the decision not to initiate the final chronology operations for Flight VV16 on Saturday, June 27, 2020.

Subject to a favorable evolution of the weather conditions, another attempt will be made on Sunday, June 28.

The Vega launch vehicle and its 53 spacecraft payloads are in stable and safe conditions.
29 июня по UTC

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https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=534050&lang=RU

Цитата: undefinedИз-за непогоды Arianespace отложила запуск ракеты Vega
28.06.2020 5:31:14

Париж. 28 июня. ИНТЕРФАКС - В связи с неблагоприятными погодными условиями отменен планировавшийся в воскресенье запуск легкой ракеты Vega Европейского космического агентства с 53 коммерческими микроспутниками, сообщила французская компания-оператор Arianespace.

Следующая попытка запуска с космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане будет предпринята в понедельник.
Спойлер
Космические аппараты массой до 150 кг, принадлежащие 21 коммерческому заказчику из 13 стран, предназначены для проведения дистанционного зондирования Земля, телекоммуникации и различных научных исследований и испытания технологий.

Нынешний запуск ракеты Vega, который планировалось осуществить еще в марте, является первым стартом с космодрома Куру после начала пандемии коронавируса. Он проводится в рамках программы SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service) по выводу на орбиту малых коммерческих спутников.
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Цитата: undefined Stéphane Israël @arianespaceceo 5 ч

Monitoring today with our partners @CNES if weather conditions are compatible with VV16 launch tonight. Launcher and Satellites ready. Keep all of you posted later on. 🤞 @esa_sts @Avio_Group @Arianespace