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Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
CERES (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) is a space-based signal intelligence (SIGNIT) system consisting of three satellites constellation.
- Launch vehicle
- Vega
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Provider
- Arianespace
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Vega
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
- Height
- 29.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.025 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 22
- First flight
- 2012-02-13
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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