Vega flight VV08


Vega flight VV08 was the launch of Göktürk-1 onboard the flight of the Vega launcher.

Payload

The flight was a single-payload mission that put the Göktürk-1 Earth observation satellite into orbit. The total payload mass was about, including the satellite and its adapter.
Göktürk-1, had a launch mass of approximately, and was the only satellite on board the flight.
It has a design lifetime of 7 years and 3 months.
Göktürk-1 was Thales Alenia Space and Turkey's spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace.

Mission description

The launch occurred from the ELV launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on at 13:51:44UTC as planned.
The mission was planned to last 57 minutes and 19 seconds from lift-off until separation, placing its payload into a quasi-circular sun-synchronous target orbit at an altitude of about.
It was the Arianespace mission, and the Vega launch.