VV13 flight is scheduled for the end of November. And the payload won't be Prisma.
PRISMA Satellite launch date scheduled on February 2019.
some messages (or rumors ?) says: Mohammed VI-B (moroccan spy-satellite) would fly in Nov. 2018. (that would be VV13)and PRISMA:QuotePRISMA Satellite launch date scheduled on February 2019.http://prisma-i.it/index.php/en/news/program2/128-prisma-launch-date
Moroccan media is reporting that the North African country’s second high-resolution Earth observation satellite, the Mohammed VI-B, is due to be launched on an Arianespace launch vehicle from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana in November 2018 on either the Vega or Soyuz ST-A Fregat-M satellite launch vehicles.
Cross-post; update from SFN launch schedule page, updated October 25:PRISMA launch designated VV14.
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2019December 2018 February - PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) - Vega (VV14) - Kourou ZLVChanges on September 27thChanges on October 29th
rumor: launch of PRISMA in March 2019
We need an Italian :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPSHbjgXic&feature=youtu.be&t=645
Prisma's launch in March.
PRISMA arrives in French GuianaSatellite environmental tests have been successfully completedof Web editorial staffFriday 11 January 2019The satellite of the PRISMA mission (HyperSpectral PRecursor of the Application Mission), after successfully passing all the environmental tests carried out in Toulouse and having received the authorization for shipping to the launch base, arrived today, 11 January 2019, in French Guiana . Located at the base of the Center Spatial Guyanais, PRISMA is preparing to face the launch campaign with the European carrier VEGA with a scheduled flight on the night between 8 and 9 March 2019. The VEGA is a launcher born in Italy and developed by 'ESA for in orbit of satellites up to 2500 kg which has shown excellent performance and reliability. PRISMA is a hyperspectral satellite, able to observe from optical to near infrared, and is the first of its kind for Earth Observation. Great satisfaction was expressed by Roberto Formaro, head of the Technology and Engineering Unit who managed the program, for the joint work of the temporary grouping of companies formed by OHB Italy - agent - and LEONARDO S.p.A. - principal. Francesco Longo, responsible for the Program, thanking all the staff involved for their efforts, recalled the importance of this mission which will be able to make a highly innovative contribution to the observation of the Earth for the study of natural resources and the main environmental processes.