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Vega-C | Harmony

December 31, 2029 at 12:00 AM UTC

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Vega-C | Harmony launch image
Mission imagery · Vega-C

Launch details

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December 31, 2029 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2360, -52.7750

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Rocket
Vega-C
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Launch probability
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December 31, 2029 at 12:00 AM UTC
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October 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Vega-C

Vega

Height

34.8 m

Diameter

3 m

LEO capacity

3,300 kg

Successful launches

7

Launch complex

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.

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October 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

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