Tag: PeruSat 1

  • Vega rocket hauls up quintet of Earth observation satellites

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    The Vega rocket blasted off at 0143:35 GMT Friday (9:43:35 p.m. EDT; 10:43:35 p.m. French Guiana time Thursday) from the Guiana Space Center. Credit: Arianespace Europe’s solid-fueled Vega booster vaulted away from a launch pad in the South American jungle late Thursday and deftly delivered five sharp-eyed Earth observation satellites into two different orbits for…

  • Timeline for the Vega rocket’s seventh launch

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    Two orbits. Five satellites. Four upper stage burns. Follow the key events scheduled during the European Vega rocket’s launch from French Guiana with the PeruSat 1 high-resolution reconnaissance satellite and four commercial eyes-in-the-sky owned by Google’s Terra Bella imaging company. Credit: Arianespace T+00:00:00 – Liftoff The Vega rocket’s first stage P80 solid rocket motor ignites…

  • Google satellites, Peruvian payload stacked for launch on Vega rocket

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    The Vega rocket’s payload fairing, containing the PeruSat 1 and Terra Bella satellites, arrived at the base of the Vega launch pad Sept. 2. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron Five Earth-imaging spacecraft for the Peruvian government and Google’s Terra Bella satellite subsidiary are enclosed inside the nose cone of…

  • Vega wins contract to launch Peruvian military satellite

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    Arianespace chairman and CEO Stephane Israel (left) and Airbus Defense and Space head of space programs Eric Beranger sign the launch contract for PeruSat 1 at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space Arianespace will pair a Peruvian military reconnaissance satellite with a package of four commercial Skybox Earth…