Vega | OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS)

Informazioni sulla missione

Lancio 2017-08-02T01:58:33
Esito SUCCESSO
Tipo missione Scienze della Terra
Orbita Orbita eliosincrona (SSO)
Rampa Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana (GUF) :map:

Lanciatore

Nome Vega Wiki Info
Costruttore Avio S.p.A Wiki Info
Fornitore servizi di lancio Arianespace Wiki Info
Primo volo 2012-02-13
Numero stadi 4
Altezza 29,90 m
Diametro 3,02 m
Peso al lancio 137 t
Spinta al decollo 2.974 kN
Capacità di carico LEO: 1.500 kg
GTO: -
Successi/Lanci totali 20/22 (5 consecutivi)
Booster None

Video

Ultimo aggiornamento: 2026-09-09T21:05:30 con AstronautiBOT 2026.09.07 - Fonte: LaunchLibrary2 API

OptSat 3000 is an Earth imaging satellite built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Italian military. It will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 600km. It will have a mission life of more than six years. Launched along with it is VENµS, Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite. This is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite jointly built by the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. Besides the scientific mission of terrestrial environment monitoring, the satellite is also tasked with verification and validation of the Hall Effect thruster in space.