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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
- Launch vehicle
- Vega-C
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Programs
- Copernicus
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Vega-C
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
- Height
- 34.8 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 8
- First flight
- 2022-07-13
Recorded timing
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Flight timeline
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- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:02:27
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:28
SES
- T+00:04:32
Stage 3 Separation
- T+00:04:39
Stage 3 Ignition
- T+00:04:44
Fairing Separation
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- T+00:07:11
Kick Stage Separation
- T+00:08:23
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+00:17:06
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+00:55:29
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+00:58:30
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+01:00:50
Payload Separation
- T+01:46:19
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+01:46:49
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+01:54:32
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+01:54:58
Kick Stage Cut-off
- T+01:56:03
Payload Separation
- T+02:23:32
Kick Stage Ignition
- T+02:24:58
Kick Stage Cut-off
Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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