There are seven additional ESA missions (for nine satellites) in the Arianespace backlog.
The first #PléiadesNeo satellite will be launched from Kourou in French Guyana on 3rd February 2021.
The mission is lost. Did not have AOS. Degradation of the trajectory was observed after ignition of the AVUM stage. Apologies to customers. Need to analysis and understand the cause. Press conference tomorrow at 2 pm Paris time.
For our European spaceflight insiders and senexes...I perceive no commonality between Vega/AVUM and Soyuz.Will there be any delays of the next two launches from Kourou: both Soyuz?
Do you think that Arianespace will retire the standard version of Vega right now and future launches will be on Vega C?
Quote from: Josh_from_Canada on 11/17/2020 08:51 pmDo you think that Arianespace will retire the standard version of Vega right now and future launches will be on Vega C?Why? Vega-C is also based on AVUM for the 4th stage. And the first 3 stages of Vega, which worked well today, are all replaced on Vega-C.
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2020November 29 - Falcon Eye 2 - Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M (VS24a) - Kourou ELS - 01:33:28December 28 - CSO 2 - Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M (VS25) - Kourou ELS2021Early - Galileo-FOC FM23, Galileo-FOC FM24 - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS Early February 3 - Pleiades Neo 1, EIRSAT1, ELO, Lemur-2y (xTBD), Myriota 1, Myriota 2, Myriota 3, NORSAT 3, NanoAvionics sat + multiple sats - Vega (VV18) - Kourou ZLVMay - CSG-2 - Soyuz-ST-A /Fregat-M - Kourou ELSJune - LARES 2, CELESTA (ROBUSTA 1D) - Vega C (inaugural flight) - Kourou ZLVQ2? - Pleiades Neo 2 + multiple sats - Vega (VV19) - Kourou ZLV (after 1st Vega C launch)Q4 - SSMS flight 2 - Vega C - Kourou ZLVTBD - CERES 1, CERES 2, CERES 3? - Vega - Kourou ZLVTBD - OneWeb (x34) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS26) - Kourou ELSTBD - OneWeb (x34) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS27) - Kourou ELSChanges on November 17thzubenelgenubi
Some thinks in this list are different than what's stated in Arianespace press releases.CSG2 (Cosmo-skymed Second Generation) was initially planned to launch on a Vega C (EOportal), it's a 2,1mT payload to SSO. Somehow this has changed into a Soyuz launch, it would have considerable additional launch capability. So if this change is true, there is the possibility to replace two Vega launches. The Falcon Eye 2 launch also has a lot of additional capacity, but I think it's to late to change this manifest.Possibly Airbus could move the four Pleiades NEO satellites to a single Ariane 62 launch. But that would mean another two year launch delay.I want to add to Salo's post; that only EUMETSAT has ordered launches for MTG-S1 (Sentinel 4) [Ariane 5]and EPS-SG (EUMETSAT Polar System - 2th Gen.) MetOP-A1 (Sentinel 5) [Soyuz]ESA (for the EU) couldn't order the launches for Sentinel 1C, 2C and 3C; because the EU budget hasn't been finalized. (Brexit ...)
02 - March 21 - OneWeb (x34) - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M (ST28) - Baikonur, 31/6 -17:06:58.196[/color]
Quote from: Salo on 11/17/2020 01:12 am02 - March 21 - OneWeb (x34) - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M (ST28) - Baikonur, 31/6 -17:06:58.196[/color]It is strange, since a Progress launch is scheduled for March 19 form the same pad.
Demand for residential broadband and government connectivity grew during the quarter, and should continue to climb once the first ViaSat-3 satellite, designed to beam a terabit or more of capacity over North and South America, is in orbit, he said....That satellite should still launch by the end of 2021, he said, but lacks a more specific launch date until the payload shipment.
The second ViaSat-3 class satellite in that constellation will cover Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and is targeted for launch in 2022.
Viasat designs bus-sized, high-orbit Internet satellites. It is building a constellation of three new ones — each with a one terabyte of capacity — that will give the company a global Internet footprint. The first is slated to launch late next year and provide coverage across North and South America, delivering faster speeds than the current satellites and hefty data usage allowances.The second is expected to be in orbit six months later with coverage across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The exact timing for the third ViaSat-3 over Asia is to be determined.
Approved Missions timeline Mission Launch EOLSentinel-6 A Michael Freilich [Lead Agency] Nov 2020 Jun 2026MTG-I1 (imaging) [Lead Agency] Sep 2022 Mar 2031Sentinel-3 C [Cooperating Agency] Sep 2023 Aug 2033Sentinel-4 A [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2032MTG-S1 (sounding) [Lead Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2032METOP-SG A1 [Lead Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2031Sentinel-5 A [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2031METOP-SG B1 [Lead Agency] Oct 2024 Apr 2032Sentinel-5 B [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2024 Apr 2032MTG-I2 (imaging) [Lead Agency] Apr 2025 Oct 2033Sentinel-3 D [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2026 Dec 2035METOP-SG A2 [Lead Agency] Nov 2030 May 2038MTG-I3 (imaging) [Lead Agency] Jan 2031 Jul 2039METOP-SG B2 [Lead Agency] Nov 2031 May 2039MTG-S2 (sounding) [Lead Agency] Jan 2032 Jul 2040Sentinel-4 B [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2032 Jul 2040MTG-I4 (imaging) [Lead Agency] Apr 2033 Oct 2041METOP-SG A3 [Lead Agency] Nov 2037 May 2045METOP-SG B3 [Lead Agency] Nov 2038 May 2046
Approved Missions timeline Mission Launch EOLSentinel-6 A Michael Freilich [Cooperating Agency] Nov 2020 Jun 2026Sentinel-1 C [Cooperating Agency] Dec 2022 Nov 2032Sentinel-2 C [Cooperating Agency] Mar 2023 Feb 2033Sentinel-3 C [Cooperating Agency] Sep 2023 Aug 2033MTG-S1 (sounding) [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2032Sentinel-4 A [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2032METOP-SG A1 [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2031Sentinel-5 A [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2023 Apr 2031Sentinel-1 D [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2024 Feb 2034Sentinel-5 B [Cooperating Agency] Oct 2024 Apr 2032Sentinel-2 D [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2025 Jan 2035Sentinel-3 D [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2026 Dec 2035METOP-SG A2 [Cooperating Agency] Nov 2030 May 2038Sentinel-4 B [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2032 Jul 2040MTG-S2 (sounding) [Cooperating Agency] Jan 2032 Jul 2040METOP-SG A3 [Cooperating Agency] Nov 2037 May 2045 Sentinel-5 C [Cooperating Agency] Dec 2038 Dec 2046
MicroCarb [Lead Agency] Dec 2021 Dec 2024SWOT [Cooperating Agency] Feb 2022 Feb 2025MERLIN [Lead Agency] Mar 2025 Nov 2028
EarthCARE [Lead Agency] Sep 2022 Sep 2025Biomass [Lead Agency] Oct 2022 Apr 2028