LARES-2 (Maiden flight) Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

13 Jul 2022, 1:13pm

Location

Guiana Space Centre Launch Site

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1

Launch Service Provider

ESA logo

ESA

Vehicle

Vega-C image

Vega-C

Mission

LARES-2 (Maiden flight)

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Medium Earth Orbit

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.

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Vega-C launch

Updated: Jan 3, 8:04pm UTC

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