Mission Log

Launch Provider

Avio S.p.A

Country

Italy

Founded

1908

Leadership

CEO: Giulio Ranzo

Launch Record

1 success

Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.

Mission

Sentinel-3C & FLEX

Type

Earth Science

Target Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

Height

34.8 m

Diameter

3.0 m

Liftoff Mass

210.0 t

Liftoff Thrust

2974.0 kN

Mass to LEO

3300.0 kg

Reusable

No

Maiden Flight

2022-07-13

Launch Success

6 / 7

Consecutive Success

5

Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

ELA-1, now named Ensemble de Lancement Vega (short ELV), is a launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. It has been used to support launches of the Europa rocket, Ariane 1, Ariane 3, and is currently used to launch Vega rockets.