Flight VV27 lofted Airbus's four CO3D satellites, built to map the globe in 3D, and French space agency CNES's MicroCarb satellite for precisely measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide, into sun-synchronous orbit from Kourou, French Guiana.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 8 Vega-C flights
- Date and time
- 26 July 2025, 02:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2025-156
- Launches in 2025
- 162nd of 329
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