flown missionFailure
Vega | Falcon Eye 1
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Falcon Eye 1
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
Falcon Eye 1 is a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space, Falcon Eye 1 is the first of two surveillance satellites ordered by the UAE’s military.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- An anomaly occurred shortly after MECO and stage separation. Preliminary findings indicate that super-hot gas from burning solid propellant impinged on the structure of the second stage, causing the vehicle to break apart.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vega
- Family
- Vega
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
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launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2360, -52.7750