A Vega-C from Kourou will fly the first dedicated launch for Italy's IRIDE Earth-observation programme, coordinated by ESA for the Italian Space Agency. IRIDE is a constellation of constellations with optical and SAR spacecraft for Italian public administration; earlier Hawk/HEO and Eaglet II batches flew as Falcon 9 rideshares.
- Status
- Date TBD
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit