Vega flight VV13 launched Italy's PRISMA hyperspectral Earth-observation satellite from Kourou for the Italian Space Agency. Combining a hyperspectral imager with a panchromatic camera, PRISMA reached a 615 km sun-synchronous orbit for environmental and resource-management monitoring.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 879 kg
- Flight
- 14th
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 22 March 2019, 01:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2019-015
- Launches in 2019
- 17th of 102
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