Vega-C | Harmony
Launch Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2029 00:00:00 GMT
Launch Site: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Launch Vehicle: Vega-C
Status: To Be Determined
Mission Details
Harmony, ESA's 10th Earth Explorer mission, consists of 2 satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem with a Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite in various configurations. The Harmony satellites’ synthetic aperture radar instruments will receive the Sentinel-1 satellite's radar signals that bounce back, or ‘backscatter’, from Earth’s surface. At the same time, Harmony’s thermal-infrared instruments provide complementary observations of the sea surface as well as the position and motion of clouds above it.
Launch Service Provider
Avio S.p.A (Avio)
Rocket Information
- Configuration: Vega-C
- Manufacturer: Avio S.p.A
- Payload Capacity to LEO: 3300 kg
- Height: 35 meters
- Diameter: 3 meters
Launch Pad
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Updates
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:25:00 GMT
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