2022 · European Space Agency
LARES-2 (Maiden flight)
successVega-C | LARES-2 (Maiden flight)
Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 13, 2022 at 01:13 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Mission
- LARES-2 (Maiden flight)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit