Artist's rendering of Kuva Space Hyperfield-1 microsatellite scheduled to launch in November 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight.
The Romanian Federation of Amateur Radio (FRR) is also preparing for a satellite launch. Their satellite, ROM-3, is a picoSAT measuring 50 x 50 x 100 millimeters, set to launch in October or November 2023. ROM-3 has three main missions: acting as a digital amateur radio repeater, transmitting low-resolution SSDV images in Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK) mode, and sending a CW beacon for signal detection and measurement. The downlink frequency for ROM-3 is 436.235 MHz, transmitting at 20 WPM on CW, 500 bps GFSK telemetry, and 5 kBps GFSK SSDV. The satellite will be launched by SpaceX into a 500-kilometer polar orbit.
Predicting episodes in the Cévennes, detecting plastics that pollute the oceans, anticipating droughts,... the very concrete projects of the CSUM nanosatellites are numerous. The next to be sent into space will be Robusta-3A Méditerranée, which is due to take Ariane 6's maiden flight at the end of 2023.
GOMX-5 (GomSpace Express-5)Jul 25, 2023ESAGomSpaceExpected to launch in 2023, GOMX-5 is a 12U CubeSat operated by GomSpace and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). This 5-year mission aims to demonstrate new nanosatellite capabilities involving communication and maneuverability.Quick factsOverviewAgency ESA, GomSpaceLaunch date Late 2023
Compact electric thruster cleared for space firing27/06/2023ESA / Enabling & Support / Space Engineering & TechnologyAn innovative compact electric propulsion system has recently completed its extended qualification firing test campaign in space-representative vacuum and temperature conditions, leaving it ready to be deployed aboard the ESA-supported µHETSat technology demonstration microsatellite mission, slated for launch by the end of this year.
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2025NET Q1 - Space Rider flight 1 - Vega C - Kourou ELV
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Rider program has officially begun its validation and testing phase, as it prepares for a maiden flight in the third quarter of 2025.
https://twitter.com/arianespace/status/1697293871670034535Quote Our next flight will be #VV23!Under #Vega’s fairing:🛰️ THEOS-2, built by @AirbusSpace for @GISTDA🛰️ FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, for @TASA_Taiwan🛰️ And 10 auxiliary payloadsTargeted launch date? October 4!To know more: https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-targeting-october-4-for-its-next-vega-launch-vv23/QuoteVega August 31, 2023ARIANESPACE TARGETING OCTOBER 4 FOR ITS NEXT VEGA LAUNCH VV23Arianespace’s next mission is targeted on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 10:36 p.m. local time (October 5, 01:36 a.m. UTC), from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with a Vega launcher. The mission, called VV23, will place its passengers into sun-synchronous orbit.Additional information about this Vega launch, due to embark a main passenger, THEOS-2, and a secondary one, FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, as well as ten auxiliary payloads, is provided here below:THEOS-2 (THailand Earth Observation System-2) is a high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite, part of the next-generation national geo-information system provided by Airbus Defence and Space to support the Kingdom of Thailand’s key development priorities. Delivering 0.5-meter ground resolution imagery, this end to end system will complement THEOS-1, launched in 2008 for Thailand, one of the few nations in the world able to fully exploit geo-information for societal benefits.FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, developed by the Taiwanese Space Agency (TASA), is equipped with the Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R), which collects signals that bounce off the sea surface. It helps scientists calculate the wind field over the oceans. This data will be shared with the global meteorology community, contributing to the forecast of typhoon intensity and trajectory.
Our next flight will be #VV23!Under #Vega’s fairing:🛰️ THEOS-2, built by @AirbusSpace for @GISTDA🛰️ FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, for @TASA_Taiwan🛰️ And 10 auxiliary payloadsTargeted launch date? October 4!To know more:
Vega August 31, 2023ARIANESPACE TARGETING OCTOBER 4 FOR ITS NEXT VEGA LAUNCH VV23Arianespace’s next mission is targeted on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 10:36 p.m. local time (October 5, 01:36 a.m. UTC), from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with a Vega launcher. The mission, called VV23, will place its passengers into sun-synchronous orbit.Additional information about this Vega launch, due to embark a main passenger, THEOS-2, and a secondary one, FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, as well as ten auxiliary payloads, is provided here below:THEOS-2 (THailand Earth Observation System-2) is a high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite, part of the next-generation national geo-information system provided by Airbus Defence and Space to support the Kingdom of Thailand’s key development priorities. Delivering 0.5-meter ground resolution imagery, this end to end system will complement THEOS-1, launched in 2008 for Thailand, one of the few nations in the world able to fully exploit geo-information for societal benefits.FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, developed by the Taiwanese Space Agency (TASA), is equipped with the Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R), which collects signals that bounce off the sea surface. It helps scientists calculate the wind field over the oceans. This data will be shared with the global meteorology community, contributing to the forecast of typhoon intensity and trajectory.
All flights opportunitiesOpportunity Vega C SSMS #5 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2023Orbit: SSOAltitude: 560 kmLocal time: 10:30 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #10Launch on: Q1.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 650 kmLocal time: 10:30 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #6Launch on: Q3.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 540 kmLocal time: 2:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #8 → FullLaunch on: Q4.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 530 kmLocal time: 10:45 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #9Launch on: Q1.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 580 kmLocal time: 6:00 PM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #7 → FULLLaunch on: Q2.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 580 kmLocal time: 5:45 PM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #13 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 650 kmLocal time: 10:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #14Launch on: Q2.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Vega C SSMS #15 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 680 kmLocal time: 10:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #16Launch on: Q3.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmLocal time: 10:45 PM LTDNOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #1Launch on: Q4.2026Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #17Launch on: Q2.2027Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #2Launch on: Q4.2027Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #18Launch on: Q2.2028Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #3Launch on: Q3.2028Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #19Launch on: Q4.2028Orbit: LEOAltitude: 550 kmInclination: 5°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #20Launch on: Q2.2029Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #4Launch on: Q3.2029Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #21Launch on: Q4.2029Orbit: LEOAltitude: 550 kmInclination: 5°
Ireland’s first-ever satellite EIRSAT-1, a gamma-ray burst hunting CubeSat, should see launch into low-Earth orbit later this year. Designed and manufactured by Ireland’s University College Dublin (UCD), the mission (with costs on the order of a few million euro)* will see launch atop a multi-payload Ariane rocket provided by the European Space Agency (ESA).
https://smallsats.arianespace.com/opportunitiesQuoteAll flights opportunitiesOpportunity Vega C SSMS #5 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2023Orbit: SSOAltitude: 560 kmLocal time: 10:30 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #10Launch on: Q1.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 650 kmLocal time: 10:30 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #6Launch on: Q3.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 540 kmLocal time: 2:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #8 → FullLaunch on: Q4.2024Orbit: SSOAltitude: 530 kmLocal time: 10:45 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #9Launch on: Q1.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 580 kmLocal time: 6:00 PM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #7 → FULLLaunch on: Q2.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 580 kmLocal time: 5:45 PM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #13 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2025Orbit: SSOAltitude: 650 kmLocal time: 10:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #14Launch on: Q2.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Vega C SSMS #15 → FULLLaunch on: Q3.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 680 kmLocal time: 10:00 AM LTDNOpportunity Vega C SSMS #16Launch on: Q3.2026Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmLocal time: 10:45 PM LTDNOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #1Launch on: Q4.2026Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #17Launch on: Q2.2027Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #2Launch on: Q4.2027Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #18Launch on: Q2.2028Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #3Launch on: Q3.2028Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #19Launch on: Q4.2028Orbit: LEOAltitude: 550 kmInclination: 5°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #20Launch on: Q2.2029Orbit: SSOAltitude: 550 kmOpportunity Ariane 6 MLS #4Launch on: Q3.2029Orbit: GTOInclination: 6°Opportunity Vega C SSMS #21Launch on: Q4.2029Orbit: LEOAltitude: 550 kmInclination: 5°
The return to flight of Vega C won't happen before the end of 2024, coming from a reliable French source in Kourou.
Peter B. de Selding @pbdesPending Sept-Oct testing, 1st Ariane 6 flight could occur mid-2024, with commercial missions starting end-2024. @esa @CNES @ArianeGroup @Arianespace @DLR_SpaceAgency @defis_eu. https://bit.ly/3sGfkch
Biomass should be the payload for VV24, the final Vega launch.(This would make the Vega C Return to Flight VV25.)
https://twitter.com/NASAOIG/status/1699444797029716230QuoteNASA OIG @NASAOIGWe examined NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder program to assess its efforts to monitor the planet’s climate and help develop solutions for addressing the threats of climate change. https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-018
NASA OIG @NASAOIGWe examined NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder program to assess its efforts to monitor the planet’s climate and help develop solutions for addressing the threats of climate change. https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-018
The Vega E launcher, whose first flight is scheduled for 2027, thanks to the introduction of the innovative, high-performance M10 engine, will be able to carry a payload of approximately three tons into orbit, that is, double the maximum payload mass of the current version of Vega, and significantly more than the next version of Vega C. Furthermore, thanks to the manoeuvrability features of the M10 engine, with re-ignition and active thrust control capabilities, the Vega E launcher will be able to release many satellites in different orbits during the same mission and at very competitive cost.
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@Arianespace and @INTELSAT just signed a contract to launch the IS-45 payload with #Ariane6. This is the 67ᵗʰ satellite to be launched by Arianespace to the benefit of longtime customer Intelsat (since 1983). #WSBW
CubeSpec is an ESA in-orbit-demonstration mission, based on a 6U CubeSat, targeting high-resolution astronomical spectroscopy. It is developed and funded in Belgium and scheduled for launch at the end of 2024.
