Arianespace has updated their rideshare mission opportunities page once again:https://smallsats.arianespace.com/opportunitiesChanges:SSMS #5: Q4 2022 -> Q1 2023SSMS #6: Q1 2023 -> Q3 2023MLS #2: Q2 2025, LEO (88°) -> Q2 2026, GTOMLS #3 and #4 have been removed.
According to NEXT SPACEFLIGHT, the Vega-C missions SSMS #3 and SSMS #4 are planned for NET January 2023. I have tried several times to point out this error to the administrator, who also works for nasaspaceflight, but he refuses to be advised and unfriendly does not react. So who is wrong Arianespace or NEXT SPACEFLIGHT?https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=4&search=
Quote from: SpaceThomas on 09/20/2022 03:16 amAccording to NEXT SPACEFLIGHT, the Vega-C missions SSMS #3 and SSMS #4 are planned for NET January 2023. I have tried several times to point out this error to the administrator, who also works for nasaspaceflight, but he refuses to be advised and unfriendly does not react. So who is wrong Arianespace or NEXT SPACEFLIGHT?https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=4&search=I am on Next Spaceflight’s database editing team and the information I got was that:“SSMS 1 was on 03/09/2020, then SSMS 2 was on 29/04/2021 with Pléiades 3, but Pléiades 4 was launched with a VAMPIRE structure, not an SSMS one”Both are at “NET (January) 2023” as I don’t know which month they are planned right now.So what’s the correct schedule that you think should be?EDIT: I have just checked https://smallsats.arianespace.com/opportunities and I think I now know what you mean, the next one is SSMS #5, which means SSMS #3 must be = flight VV19 with Pléiades 4 on 17 August 2021 and SSMS #4 = VV21 = Vega-C 1st flight on 13 July 2022, is that correct?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/20/2022 06:22 amQuote from: SpaceThomas on 09/20/2022 03:16 amAccording to NEXT SPACEFLIGHT, the Vega-C missions SSMS #3 and SSMS #4 are planned for NET January 2023. I have tried several times to point out this error to the administrator, who also works for nasaspaceflight, but he refuses to be advised and unfriendly does not react. So who is wrong Arianespace or NEXT SPACEFLIGHT?https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=4&search=I am on Next Spaceflight’s database editing team and the information I got was that:“SSMS 1 was on 03/09/2020, then SSMS 2 was on 29/04/2021 with Pléiades 3, but Pléiades 4 was launched with a VAMPIRE structure, not an SSMS one”Both are at “NET (January) 2023” as I don’t know which month they are planned right now.So what’s the correct schedule that you think should be?EDIT: I have just checked https://smallsats.arianespace.com/opportunities and I think I now know what you mean, the next one is SSMS #5, which means SSMS #3 must be = flight VV19 with Pléiades 4 on 17 August 2021 and SSMS #4 = VV21 = Vega-C 1st flight on 13 July 2022, is that correct?yes, SSMS #3 and #4 just needs to be removed from Next Spaceflight
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2027TBD - Harmony (Stereoid) [Earth Explorer 10 candidate] - TBD - Kourou (or 2028)
This exciting new mission will comprise two identical satellites orbiting Earth in convoy with a Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite
Then the next step will involve fine-tuning of the mission design and the subsequent build with a view to launching the satellites in 2029.
“Eagle-1 is a major building block of a major new European quantum key system. It’s the first satellite quantum scamgraphy system for European cybersecurity,” said ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher at the signing event. “It’s also a major step towards a secure and scalable European quantum communications infrastructure.”The spacecraft, weighing about 300 kilograms, will be built by Italian company Sitael, with Tesat providing the optical communications terminals. The spacecraft will operate in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, making a few passes a day over European ground stations that will be sufficient for testing, said Alberto Rubio, ESA project manager. The launch will be on a European vehicle, he said, as part of a contract that will be announced in the near future....Eagle-1 was not the only quantum communications project announced during the conference. On Sept. 19, Thales Alenia Space announced a memorandum of understanding with Singapore-based SpeQtral to conduct tests involving the SpeQtral-1 satellite and ground equipment developed by Thales Alenia. The satellite is slated for launch in 2024 with the tests taking place by 2025.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519630/0/en/SAB-Launch-Services-awarded-contract-to-launch-two-ICEYE-SAR-satellites.htmlQuoteSAB Launch Services S.r.l., a company part of the SAB group specialized in Small Satellite launch service provision on Arianespace missions, and ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging, have signed an agreement to fly two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites on the first VEGA-C SSMS mission in Q1 2023....The two ICEYE spacecraft will be flown on VEGA-C mission VV23, the first flight of the SSMS on the new rocket, which had a successful maiden flight in July.The two spacecraft will be accommodated in VV23 on the upper part of the SSMS dispenser together with the two main passengers of this mission. The final aggregate counts a total of 5 microsatellites and a large number of deployers including institutional as well commercial cubesats customers from all over the world. Thanks to the AVUM performance, the aggregate will be released in 3 different orbits, whereas one of them has been specifically selected by ICEYE. ...
SAB Launch Services S.r.l., a company part of the SAB group specialized in Small Satellite launch service provision on Arianespace missions, and ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging, have signed an agreement to fly two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites on the first VEGA-C SSMS mission in Q1 2023....The two ICEYE spacecraft will be flown on VEGA-C mission VV23, the first flight of the SSMS on the new rocket, which had a successful maiden flight in July.The two spacecraft will be accommodated in VV23 on the upper part of the SSMS dispenser together with the two main passengers of this mission. The final aggregate counts a total of 5 microsatellites and a large number of deployers including institutional as well commercial cubesats customers from all over the world. Thanks to the AVUM performance, the aggregate will be released in 3 different orbits, whereas one of them has been specifically selected by ICEYE. ...
Der nächste Flug einer Vega ist zum folgenden Termin geplant:Nr. Version Flug Startdatum Nutzlast(en) Bemerkung22 Vega-C VV22 23.11.2022 Pleiades Neo 5 · Pleiades Neo 6 Angaben ohne Gewähr, Änderungen jederzeit möglich. Aktualisiert: 14. Oktober 2022
Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · Oct 17, 2022 · FollowAt the Astrophysics Advisory Committee meeting this morning, NASA says that ESA is exploring options to launch the Euclid mission on a Falcon 9 in mid or late 2023. It was to launch on a Soyuz, which is no longer an option; not many other alternatives for a 2023 launch.Jeff Foust @jeff_foustA feasibility study for launching Euclid on a Falcon 9 is ongoing and should be done by the end of the month.
By this application, SSC Space US, Inc. dba Universal Space Network(collectively, "USN"),1 a Delaware Corporation, seeks FCC approval to supportthe Launch and Early Orbit (LEOP) support of the Syracuse4B spacecraft on itsway to geosynchronous parking position at 46 degrees east. The spacecraft willbe launched no earlier than February 17, 2023, at 00:15:00 UTC. USN has beencontracted to support the Syracuse4B spacecraft LEOP for a period of up to 180days....Spacecraft injectionSYR4b1 999U 22099A 23048.94923610 .00000000 00000-0 +00000-0 0 142 999 3.0301 310.0095 7280542 178.0728 3.1613 2.26979166 18
RTL|Update: 11.10.2022 07:50On Monday afternoon, the Minister of Defence informed the respective Chamber commissions that the military satellite LUXEOSys will be launched in 2023 as expected.Minister Bausch informed the defence and budget commissions that the operation is "on track" and that the launch is expected to take place between July and November 2023.
EarthCARE, an Earth science mission also originally manifested on a Soyuz, will likely go on Vega C, Aschbacher said in August. Sentinel-1C, a radar mapping mission, will also launch on Vega C, while two pairs of Galileo satellites previously set to launch on Soyuz are expected to go on Ariane 6 instead.He emphasized them any use of non-European launch options like SpaceX would be a temporary measure. “If we go to backup solutions that are not European, this is an interim solution, and Ariane 6 and Vega C will remain our baseline launchers,” he said.ESA is scheduled to give an update Oct. 19 on the status of Ariane 6 testing that may include a new schedule for that vehicle’s first launch, which has slipped to some time in 2023.
https://spacenews.com/falcon-9-leading-candidate-to-launch-european-science-mission/QuoteEarthCARE, an Earth science mission also originally manifested on a Soyuz, will likely go on Vega C, Aschbacher said in August.
EarthCARE, an Earth science mission also originally manifested on a Soyuz, will likely go on Vega C, Aschbacher said in August.
2023...EarthCARE [Earth Explorer 6], ASAP-S #1 - Vega C - Kourou ELV
Both THEOS-2 satellites are scheduled to be put into orbit in early 2023. Wait to follow.
https://www.gistda.or.th/ewtadmin/ewt/gistda_web/news_view.php?n_id=5675&lang=THGoogle translateQuoteBoth THEOS-2 satellites are scheduled to be put into orbit in early 2023. Wait to follow.Both THEOS 2 satellites on Vega-C VV23 ? THEOS 2 smallSat (also called THEOS 2a or THEOS 2 LR) built by SSTL, 100 kg,THEOS 2 mainSat (THEOS 2 HR) built by Airbus, 450 kg Difficult, to find current information about THEOS 2 mainSat.
Launch Feb 2023 EOL ≥2026Last update: 2022-08-30
Launch Mar 2023 EOL ≥2033Last update: 2022-08-30
