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2020-061 Success

Vega | SSMS PoC

Sep 3, 2020, 01:51 AM UTC

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Launch Overview

Vehicle

Vega

Agency

Arianespace

Site / Pad

CSG / ZLV

Outcome

Success

Flight

VV16

COSPAR Designator

2020-061

Mission

SSMS POC (Dedicated Rideshare)

The Vega POC (Proof Of Concept) flight will be the first mission of the SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service), a modular carbon fiber dispenser, a program initiated by ESA in 2016, with the contribution of the European Commission. For all the European partners involved, its purpose is to address the burgeoning institutional and commercial small spacecraft market with a new rideshare concept. Payload includes dozens of satellites: Athena, ION CubeSat Carrier, ESAIL, NEMO-HD, GHGSat C1, six Flock-v cubesats, several Lemur-2 cubesats, twelve SpaceBEE nanosats, FSSCat A & B, RTAF-Sat, DIDO 3, IGOSat, PICASSO, PINO, PIXL, QARMAN, SIMBA, TRISAT, Casaa-Sat, TTU-100, and more.

Vehicle & Provider

Rocket

Vega

Provider

Arianespace

Agency launches

288 (6 YTD)

Site launches

301 (4 YTD)

Pad launches

42 (1 YTD)

Payloads (66)

Piece Name Owner State Track
2020-061 SSMS FLEXI-3 AE/ESA F
2020-061 Lemur FM11x SPIRE US
2020-061 Lemur FM11x SPIRE US
2020-061A Nusat-6 URUGUS UY Track
2020-061AA Dove 2254 PLAN US Track
2020-061AB Dove 241c PLAN US Track
2020-061AC Lemur FM116 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AD Lemur FM119 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AE SpaceBEE 21 SWARM US Track
2020-061AF SpaceBEE 20 SWARM US Track
2020-061AG SpaceBEE 15 SWARM US Track
2020-061AH SpaceBEE 19 SWARM US Track
2020-061AJ SpaceBEE 18 SWARM US Track
2020-061AK SpaceBEE 10 SWARM US Track
2020-061AL SpaceBEE 17 SWARM US Track
2020-061AM SpaceBEE 11 SWARM US Track
2020-061AN SpaceBEE 16 SWARM US Track
2020-061AP SpaceBEE 12 SWARM US Track
2020-061AQ SpaceBEE 13 SWARM US Track
2020-061AR SpaceBEE 14 SWARM US Track
2020-061AS TTU100 TTU EE Track
2020-061AT Dove 227c PLAN US Track
2020-061AU Dove 2274 PLAN US Track
2020-061AV Lemur FM117 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AW Lemur FM120 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AX Lemur FM113 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AY Lemur FM114 SPIRE US Track
2020-061AZ Kepler Demo 3 KEPLER CA Track
2020-061B ESAIL EXEA CA Track
2020-061BA RTAF-SAT 1 RTAF T Track
2020-061BB Dove 2256 PLAN US Track
2020-061BC Dove 2412 PLAN US Track
2020-061BD Dove 2403 PLAN US Track
2020-061BE Dove 2402 PLAN US Track
2020-061BF Dove 2426 PLAN US Track
2020-061BG Dove 2413 PLAN US Track
2020-061BH Dove 2414 PLAN US Track
2020-061BJ Dove 2406 PLAN US Track
2020-061BK Dove 2408 PLAN US Track
2020-061BL Dove 240a PLAN US Track
2020-061BM Dove 2401 PLAN US Track
2020-061BN Dove 2405 PLAN US Track
2020-061BP Dove 240c PLAN US Track
2020-061BQ Dove 2407 PLAN US Track
2020-061C ION-SVC001 DORBIT I Track
2020-061D Athena PNTV US Track
2020-061E UPMSat-2 UPM E Track
2020-061F NEMO-HD SPSI SI Track
2020-061G GHGSat-C1 GHG CA Track
2020-061H SIMBA IRMB B Track
2020-061J TRISAT UMARB SI Track
2020-061K PICASSO IASB B Track
2020-061L Dove 2419 PLAN US Track
2020-061M Dove 2307 PLAN US Track
2020-061N Dido-3 SPHARM IL Track
2020-061P Dove 2424 PLAN US Track
2020-061Q Dove 227a PLAN US Track
2020-061R AMICal-Sat CSUG F Track
2020-061S Dove 2416 PLAN US Track
2020-061T Dove 225b PLAN US Track
2020-061U Dove 240f PLAN US Track
2020-061V Dove 227b PLAN US Track
2020-061W 3Cat-5A UPC E Track
2020-061X 3Cat-5B UPC E Track
2020-061Y Tyvak-0088 OSM/GEOOPT MC Track
2020-061Z Tyvak-0171 ECHOAU AU Track