flown missionFailure
Vega-C | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6
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
- Pléiades Neo 5 & 6
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 are the last two in a constellation of four optical high-resolution Earth observation satellites built and operated by Airbus. It is a dual purpose constellation, serving both civilian and military purposes.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- 2nd stage Zefiro 40 motor lost chamber pressure from T+151 seconds due to unexpected erosion of carbon-carbon (C-C) material in the motor nozzle's throat insert, caused by the material's flaw in homogeneity.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- 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