november, 2018
Event Details
Launch Date: November 2018 Launch Window: TBD Launch Vehicle: Vega Launch Operator: Arianespace Launch Site: ZLV (ELA-1), Guiana Space Center, French Guiana Payload: PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) Spacecraft Manufacturer: Leonardo, OHB Italia Satellite Operator: Italian Space Agency, ASI Europe's Vega rocket, embarking
Event Details
| Launch Date: | November 2018 |
| Launch Window: | TBD |
| Launch Vehicle: | Vega |
| Launch Operator: | Arianespace |
| Launch Site: | ZLV (ELA-1), Guiana Space Center, French Guiana |
| Payload: | PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) |
| Spacecraft Manufacturer: | Leonardo, OHB Italia |
| Satellite Operator: | Italian Space Agency, ASI |
Europe’s Vega rocket, embarking on its twelfth mission, will lift the PRISMA pre-operational hyperspectral satellite for the Italian Space Agency ASI. The 550-Kilogram satellite hosts a new type of electro-optical instrument comprising a hyperspectral sensor and medium-resolution image. The proof-of-concept mission has been in the works since 2008.
Mission Resources:
? Launch Vehicle Overview: Vega
Time
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