Flight VV22 Zoom in | Pleiades Neo 5 & 6 | 1st Vega C launch operated by Arianespace

ARIANESPACE’S FIRST VEGA C MISSION TO COMPLETE PLÉIADES NEO CONSTELLATION FOR AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE Arianespace’s upcoming Vega C launch, scheduled for December 20, will orbit Pléiades Neo 5 and 6, thus completing the new Airbus Defence and Space’s Earth Observation constellation. After the successful Vega C inaugural flight in July 2022, flight VV22 marks the beginning of Vega C operational phase, under the responsibility of Arianespace. On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 10:47 pm local time (01:47 am (UTC) on Wednesday, December 21), Arianespace’s first Vega C mission will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with the 30cm resolution satellites Pléiades Neo 5 and 6. This first commercial flight follows the success, July 13, of Vega C inaugural launch operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). After liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport, the Vega C launcher will fly powered by the first three stages for a little over seven minutes. The third stage ZEFIRO 9 wi