Vega flight VV05 launched ESA's Sentinel-2A into sun-synchronous orbit, the first satellite of the Copernicus program's high-resolution optical land and coastal monitoring mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 23 June 2015, 01:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2015-028
- Launches in 2015
- 30th of 87
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