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| Mass Kg | approximately 900 kg |
| Power W | solar panels with high capacity for imaging operations |
| Payload Capacity Kg | imaging payload for Earth observation |
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“Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 were fully funded and manufactured by Airbus and are the two final satellites of the Pléiades Neo constellation.”
2f1e5375-4f70-4cad-b413-691ffe99bb18“The Vega C lifted off at 8:47 p.m. Eastern from Kourou, French Guiana carrying the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 imaging satellites for Airbus.”
“Vega C Flight VV22 will orbit Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6, two additional satellites joining Airbus’ Pléiades constellation.”
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Arianespace designated the first commercial Vega C flight as VV22 and planned VV22 for November 2022 to carry Pléiades Neo 5 and 6.
Vega C Flight VV22 will orbit Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6, two additional satellites joining Airbus’ Pléiades constellation.
As of November 22, 2022, Arianespace and Airbus had placed Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 into a stacked configuration on the Vega C adapter and fairing for an intended November 24/25, 2022 launch.
As of October 26, 2022, Arianespace scheduled flight VV22 to launch Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 on November 23, 2022 as the beginning of Vega C operational flights.
Airbus intended the launches of Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 to work around the issues with Pléiades Neo 3 and meet its customer commitments.
The dispenser-free stacked launch configuration for Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 saves volume and mass and reduces cost compared with a dispenser-based approach.
Airbus designed a dispenser-free stacked launch configuration for Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 in which the satellites are stacked on top of each other and linked only by a clamp band.
Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6 are scheduled to launch at the end of November on the first commercial mission of the Vega C rocket operated by Arianespace.
Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6 are due to be launched simultaneously on the Vega C European launcher from Kourou in French Guiana later 2022.
As of October 14, 2022, the DLR planning table listed Vega-C flight VV22 with a planned start date of November 23, 2022 and payloads Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6.
Arianespace scheduled the first commercial launch of Vega C, flight VV22, to deliver Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 in November 2022 (external excerpt dated July 13, 2022).
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 were fully funded and manufactured by Airbus and are the two final satellites of the Pléiades Neo constellation.
The Vega C lifted off at 8:47 p.m. Eastern from Kourou, French Guiana carrying the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 imaging satellites for Airbus.
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 would be the 139th and 138th Airbus Defence and Space satellites launched by Arianespace respectively.