THEOS-2

Success
OCT 09202301:36:00 UTC

THEOS-2, built by Airbus Defence and Space on the AstroBus-S platform, provides Thailand's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) with 50-centimetre resolution Earth observation capability for mapping, agricultural monitoring, and disaster-response work. It is the successor to THEOS-1, which has been in orbit since 2008.

The 5th Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) rideshare flight, and Vega's return to flight after the VV22 Vega-C failure in December 2022.

launched fromELVKourou

aboardVegaVV23intoLEO

Payloads · 12

  • 01

    THEOS-2

    Earth observation

  • 02

    TRITON

    Meteorology

  • 03

    ANSER-Leader

    Earth observation

  • 04

    ANSER-Follower 1

    Earth observation

  • 05

    ANSER-Follower 2

    Earth observation

  • 06

    CSC-1

    Payload hosting

  • 07

    CSC-2

    Payload hosting

  • 08

    ESTCube-2

    Technology demonstration

  • 09

    MACSAT

    IoT

  • 10

    N3SS

    Technology demonstration

  • 11

    PRETTY

    Earth observation

  • 12

    PROBA V-CC

    Earth observation