Vega flight VV07


Vega flight VV07 is the Vega space launch, of the PerúSAT-1 and 4 SkySat satellites.

Payload

The flight was a multi-payload mission that deployed 5 Earth observation satellites into orbit, with a total payload mass of about including the satellites, their adapters and dispensers.

PerúSAT-1

, with a mass of approximately, was in the lower position and was the last satellite to be separated, approximately 1 hour, 42 minutes and 59 seconds after lift-off. It was deployed into a sun-synchronous orbit with perigee and apogee altitudes of respectively and, and an inclination of 98.2° as target. It later reached autonomously its quasi-circular operational orbit at in altitude.

SkySat-4 to -7

The 4 SkySats, numbered 4 to 7, with individual masses of approximately, were in the upper position. Their target orbit was a sun-synchronous orbit with a semi-major axis of and an inclination of 97.4°. They were deployed one by one every 2 seconds starting approximately 40 minutes and 21 seconds after lift-off.

Mission description

Launch date

The launch took place on at 01:43:35UTC from the ELV launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Timeline

The mission last approximately 2 hours, 6 minutes and 38 seconds until re-entry of the third stage into the Earth's lower atmosphere.

Statistics

The mission was the launch of the Vega launcher, and the Arianespace mission.