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Vega | Sentinel-2A

Name: Vega | Sentinel-2A
Start: 2015-06-23T01:51:58.000Z
End: 2015-06-23T01:51:58.000Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Arianespace • Vega • Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) (NA)

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Vega | Sentinel-2A

Arianespace • Vega • LA-1

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Vega

License: Unknown•Single-use

Length: 29.9 m

Diameter: 3.025 m

Reusable: No

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Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension

The European Space Agency has announced that the Sentinel-2A satellite has received a one-year extension, delaying its planned retirement. As part of the Eur...

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ESAJun 28, 2024

Earth from Space: Meteor Crater

Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.

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Launch info

Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Vega

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) (LA-1)

State

NET

2015-06-23T01:51:58+00:00

Window start

2015-06-23T01:51:58+00:00

Window end

2015-06-23T01:51:58+00:00

Launch site

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Reusable

LEO capacity (kg)

1500

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Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana5.23600, -52.77500Provider map

Rocket

Vega

Manufacturer: Avio S.p.A

Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

Maiden flight

2012-02-13

Launch mass (t)

137

Launch cost

37000000

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Service provider

Arianespace

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Commercial • FRA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Programs

Copernicus
Earth Observation
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
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Objects from this launch

2 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2015-028

Last checked: 2026-03-11T06:11:00.697+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-11T06:11:00.697+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-11T06:11:00.697+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-11T06:11:00.697+00:00

Snapshot hash: 25a97976ca89d66256727fc21c7475d063a7333e12de51450fa0a0bd16ba6f29

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 1DEB: 0UNK: 0

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SENTINEL-2A
2015-028ANORAD 40697PAYEuropean Space Agency (ESA)Ops: +
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 100.64 minRCS: 3.451 m²
Inc: 98.6°
788 km → 790 km

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AVUM R/B
2015-028BNORAD 40698RBFrance (FR)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 93.62 minRCS: 2.051 m²
Inc: 98.7°
362 km → 541 km

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Provider legacy

Arianespace

233

Lifetime launches

5 in 2026

Arianespace has 233 launches on record, with 5 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Vega

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Vega has 20 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Pad launches

2 in 2026

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) has 31 launches from this pad on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

91% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

131d 12h

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