flown byArianespaceFrance

Pléiades Neo 3

Success
APR 29202101:50:00 UTC

Inaugural launch of the Pléiades Neo very high-resolution Earth observation constellation, operated by Airbus Defence and Space. Secondary small satellites were deployed via Arianespace's Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) rideshare service.

Vega's return to flight after the November 2020 launch failure.

launched fromELVKourou

aboardVegaVV18intoLEO

Payloads · 5

  • 01

    Pléiades Neo 3

    Earth observation

  • 02

    NorSat-3

    AIS ship tracking

  • 03

    Bravo

    RF sensing

  • 04

    ELO Alpha

    IoT

  • 05

    Lemur-2 x 2

    Earth observation