Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
European Space Agency
Provider type
Multinational
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:13:17 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6265 ever
Mission
Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.
Deployed payloads · 2