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Launch Date
5/7/2013
Launch Site
CSG ZLV
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Launch Vehicle
Vega (Vega Family)
As of May 2, 2013 the VV02 vehicle had completed launch readiness review and was authorized for liftoff on May 3/4, 2013 with the payloads Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 encapsulated in the payload fairing.
As of April 26, 2013 Proba-V was to be the first payload released by VESPA into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 820 km altitude and an inclination of 98.73 degrees.
As of March 11, 2013 Proba-V and VNREDSat-1A had arrived in French Guiana aboard a chartered Boeing 747 cargo aircraft and were positioned for integration on Vega.
As of April 12, 2013 the multi-satellite payload stack for Vega VV02 contained VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 inside the VESPA dispenser with Proba-V mounted atop the VESPA.
As of February 21, 2013 Proba-V was described with an estimated mass of 160 kg and planned to operate in a Sun-synchronous polar orbit.
Every spacecraft used for ESA’s Proba-1, Proba-2, Proba-V, and Proba-3 missions has been developed and integrated at Redwire’s Belgium facility.