Vega C VV25 - Sentinel-1C - 5 December 2024 (21:20 UTC)

[jcm]

AVUM first burn shutdown at T+16:45, altitude 253 km.

[jcm]

Anyone got NOTAMs for Stage 3 and 4 entry areas?

[TheKutKu]

https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1864808133249409235

Succesful separation!

[catdlr]

Launch Highlights

[hoku]

Launch on time at 2120 UTC.  Nominal so far, during first AVUM burn.

Was there a slight underperformance or thrust vector "observation" with the Zefiro-9 (Z9), or might the deviation of the yellow actual trajectory from the green target trajectory be related to the data drop-out?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Anyone got NOTAMs for Stage 3 and 4 entry areas?

From the air traffic planning meetings presentation at https://www.cadenaois.org/vpublic_anspdetail.jsp?view=15 (Host Master - CADENA PLANNING WEB CONFERENCE - 12 05 2024.pptx):

[jcm]

Anyone got NOTAMs for Stage 3 and 4 entry areas?

From the air traffic planning meetings presentation at https://www.cadenaois.org/vpublic_anspdetail.jsp?view=15 (Host Master - CADENA PLANNING WEB CONFERENCE - 12 05 2024.pptx):

Fabulous! Thanks.

[bolun]

Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the skies

Sentinel-1C was launched into orbit on 5 December, lifting off aboard Vega-C at 22:20 CET (18:20 local time). The launch proceeded smoothly, with the rocket reaching space in eight minutes and dropping off Sentinel-1C at approximately 00:04 CET.

The launcher’s mission, called VV25, is a return-to-flight for Vega-C – Europe’s lightweight, high-performance rocket – marking the restart of routine commercial operations for the new launcher. At 00:12 CET, ESA established communication with the satellite confirming that it was safely in orbit.

Image credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin

[TheKutKu]

1st Picture  ESA S. Corvaja
Rest ESA