...https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/theos_2_mainQuoteLaunch Feb 2023 EOL ≥2026Last update: 2022-08-30 https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/theos_2_smallQuoteLaunch Mar 2023 EOL ≥2033Last update: 2022-08-30
Launch Feb 2023 EOL ≥2026Last update: 2022-08-30
Launch Mar 2023 EOL ≥2033Last update: 2022-08-30
THEOS-2Aug 19, 2022...Launch: Using a Vega or Vega C rocket, this Earth observation mission will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. A launch is expected in the first half of 2023.Orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit, altitude of 500-550 km, LTDN (Local Time on Descending Node): 10:00-10:30 hours.
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1583048671733878784QuoteESA director general Josef Aschbacher confirmed at a briefing that the agency has selected Falcon 9 to launch the Euclid mission next year. Another Falcon 9 will launch the Hera asteroid mission in 2024. Vega C will launch EarthCARE in 2024.
ESA director general Josef Aschbacher confirmed at a briefing that the agency has selected Falcon 9 to launch the Euclid mission next year. Another Falcon 9 will launch the Hera asteroid mission in 2024. Vega C will launch EarthCARE in 2024.
ESA will also seek support for a “Block 2” upgrade for the Ariane 6 that will include a larger solid rocket motor, the P120+, for the vehicle’s strap-on boosters as well as improvements in the Vinci engine in the upper stage. That will increase the rocket’s capacity to low Earth orbit by three metric tons, he said.
Der nächste Flug einer Ariane 5 ist zum folgenden Termin geplant:Nr. Version Flug Startdatum Nutzlast(en) Bemerkung115 Ariane 5 ECA VA259 14.12.2022 (tbc) MTG-I1 · Galaxy 35 · Galaxy 36Angaben ohne Gewähr, Änderungen jederzeit möglich. Aktualisiert: 14. Oktober 2022
Other missions could also be affected by Ariane 6 delays. Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz, director of navigation for ESA, said that ESA and the European Union need to resume launches of Galileo satellites, put on hold by the loss of Soyuz and Ariane 6 delays, in late 2023 or early 2024 to keep the navigation constellation at full strength.
At a glance EIRSAT-1 stands for Educational Irish Research Satellite 1. The satellite was designed, developed, built and tested at University College Dublin (UCD). A launch window is between mid-January and mid-February. It will be launched 520km into the sky from the European spaceport in French Guiana Published 5 October 2022
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-11-bye-bye-biomass-forest-monitoring-satellite-departs-for-finalQuote02 November 2022SpaceBye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launch Stevenage, 02 November 2022 – Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to Toulouse for final testing ahead of launch....Biomass is set to launch from Kourou, French Guiana on a Vega rocket in 2024, and is scheduled to operate for five years.#SpaceMatters #biomass @AirbusSpace @AirbusintheUK @ESA_EO @esaclimate
02 November 2022SpaceBye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launch Stevenage, 02 November 2022 – Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to Toulouse for final testing ahead of launch....Biomass is set to launch from Kourou, French Guiana on a Vega rocket in 2024, and is scheduled to operate for five years.#SpaceMatters #biomass @AirbusSpace @AirbusintheUK @ESA_EO @esaclimate
Proud to announce that @SES_Satellites selected us to launch EAGLE-1 🛰️ on our #VegaC 🚀! Want to know more about this satellite that will serve Europe’s #Quantumscamgraphy?Take a look at our press release: https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/ses-selects-arianespace-to-launch-eagle-1-satellite-for-europes-quantum-scamgraphy/#QuantumKeyDistribution #cybersecurity
Vega C11/24/2022 - 10:47 PM (GMT-3) Launch VV22 Pléiades Néo 5 & 6
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2023Q3 - Space Rider flight 1 - Vega C - Kourou ELV
Europe’s bid to deliver a return-to-Earth service for in-orbit transportation and research projects is rapidly taking shape, with teams working on the Space Rider spacecraft gearing up for a series of drop tests in 2023. Drop tests with small-scale models will be followed by a full-scale test in anticipation of inaugural flight towards the end of 2024.
Quote from: ESA tweetSave the date: 24 November GMT (23 November local time at @EuropeSpacePort) @vega_sts flight #VV22 will mark the first operational mission for the new #VegaC rocket. [Nov 1]
Save the date: 24 November GMT (23 November local time at @EuropeSpacePort) @vega_sts flight #VV22 will mark the first operational mission for the new #VegaC rocket. [Nov 1]
November 18, 2022Arianespace’s first Vega C mission to complete Pléiades Neo constellation for Airbus Defence and Space- Arianespace’s upcoming Vega C launch, scheduled for November 24, will orbit Pléiades Neo 5 and 6, thus completing the new Airbus Defence and Space’s Earth Observation constellation.– After the successful Vega C inaugural flight in July 2022, flight VV22 marks the beginning of Vega C operational phase, under the responsibility of Arianespace.On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 10:47 pm local time (01:47 am (UTC) on Friday, November 25), Arianespace’s first Vega C mission will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with the 30cm resolution satellites Pléiades Neo 5 and 6. This first commercial flight follows the success, July 13, of Vega C inaugural launch operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).<snip>https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespaces-first-vega-c-mission-to-complete-pleiades-neo-constellation-for-airbus-defence-and-space/
MTG I1 Planned launch date: Q4 2022 Details: Imaging (FCI, LI, DCS, GEOSAR) MTG S1 Planned launch date: Q2 2024 Details: Sounding (IRS, UVN) MTG I2 Planned launch date: Q1 2026 Details: Imaging (FCI, LI) MTG I3 Planned launch date: Around 10 years after MTG-I1 Details: Imaging (FCI, LI) MTG S2 Planned launch date: Around 10 years after MTG-S1 Details: Sounding (IRS, UVN) MTG I4 Planned launch date: Around 10 years after MTG-I3 Details: Imaging (FCI, LI)
Metop-SG A1 Planned Launch date: Q1 2025 Details: 823–848 km, Sounding and Optical Imaging, METimage, IASI-NG, MWS, Sentinel-5, 3MI, RO Metop-SG B1 Planned Launch date: Q4 2025 Details: 823–848 km, Microwave imaging and sounding, SCA, MWI, ICI, RO, ADCS-4 Metop-SG A2 Planned Launch date: 2031 Details: 823–848 km, Sounding and Optical Imaging, METimage, IASI-NG, MWS, Sentinel-5, 3MI, RO Metop-SG B2 Planned Launch date: 2032 Details: 823–848 km, Microwave imaging and sounding, SCA, MWI, ICI, RO, ADCS-4 Metop-SG A3 Planned Launch date: 2038 Details: 823–848 km, Sounding and Optical Imaging, METimage, IASI-NG, MWS, Sentinel-5, 3MI, RO Metop-SG B3 Planned Launch date: 2039 Details: 823-848 km, Microwave imaging and sounding, SCA, MWI, ICI, RO, ADCS-4
Sentinel 3D Launch date: Planned for 2025 Position: TBC
Sentinel 3D - 2025 Ko ELV Vega-C
MTG-I1 (imaging) Nov 2022 MTG-S1 (sounding) Jun 2024Sentinel-3 C Oct 2024 METOP-SG A1 Dec 2024METOP-SG B1 Mar 2025 MTG-I2 (imaging) Sep 2025 Sentinel CO2M-A Dec 2025 Sentinel CO2M-B Mar 2026Sentinel-3 D Nov 2028 MTG-I3 (imaging) Dec 2030 METOP-SG A2 Dec 2031METOP-SG B2 Mar 2032MTG-S2 (sounding) Jun 2032MTG-I4 (imaging) Jun 2033METOP-SG A3 Dec 2038 METOP-SG B3 Mar 2039
TAMPA, Fla. — The European Union reached a provisional agreement Nov. 17 to cover nearly half the 6 billion euro ($6.2 billion) cost of deploying a secure connectivity constellation by 2027.The European Parliament and member states agreed on a deal to contribute 2.4 billion euros from 2023-2027 for a sovereign network of satellites called IRIS², or Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite.The financing would come from funding previously earmarked for other European programs over the period, with the private sector expected to provide the remaining 3.6 billion euros via public-private partnerships.Europe said contracts for these partnerships would be awarded through a competitive process to build the infrastructure needed for the constellation, which Reuters reported could involve up to 170 satellites in low Earth orbit.Initial services are slated to begin in 2024 ahead of full operational capability by 2027.
ESA also needs 700 million euros to restructure the ExoMars mission after ESA cut ties with Russia earlier this year, although the agency is looking for only half of that at this ministerial meeting. That would enable ExoMars, previously planned to launch in September on a Russian rocket with a Russian landing platform, to launch no earlier than 2028 with European replacements for those Russian elements....He said that the lack of a funding increase will not affect missions already in development, although one large one, an X-ray telescope called Athena, is undergoing restructuring and a likely delay because of development issues and cost growth. Hasinger said ESA will instead delay later missions.
February • Ariane 5 • Syracuse 4B & Heinrich HertzLaunch window: TBDLaunch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French GuianaArianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA259, to launch the Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites. Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus, will relay secure communications between French military aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval vessels, including submarines. The Heinrich Hertz satellite, built by OHB, will test new communications technologies on a mission funded by the German government. The small Ovzon 3 geostationary communications satellite for the Swedish company Ovzon will also be on this launch....NET April 5 • Ariane 5 • JUICELaunch window: TBDLaunch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French GuianaArianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA261, to launch the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or JUICE. The JUICE spacecraft, built by Airbus, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons — Ganymede, Callisto and Europa — with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. JUICE will enter orbit around Jupiter in July 2031. This will mark the final launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket.
