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An Arianespace Vega C-Rakete starts on July 25, 2025, the satellites of the microcarb satellite and four CO3D Earth-Bobservation satellites from Kourou, French Guayana. | Credit: Arianespace
A carbon dioxide mapping satellite and four straw observation areas of straw observations were successfully launched this evening (July 25) from South America.
A Vega C -Rakete operated by the French company Arianespace was canceled this evening at 10:03 p.m. Edt (11:03 p.m. local time in Kourou; 0203 GMT on July 26th) from European space in Kourou, French -Guayana.
The four -stage Vega C 115 foot (35 meters) is promoted on the mission five satellites, which Arianespace VV27 referred to.
One was MicroCarb, a project led by the French space agency CNES. This 180-kilogram satellite of £ 400 is sources and carbon dioxide (CO2)-that is the most important greenhouse gas depicted, “wrote CNES officials in a mission description.
Microcarb can determine the CO2 concentrations with a precision of one part per million. The satellite will operate for at least five years in a sun synchronous at a height of 404 miles (650 kilometers) if everything is planning.
The other four satellites form the CO3D (“Constellation Optique EN 3D”) Straw -watching constellation. Each spaceship in the quartet weighs around £ 550 (250 kg) and, according to CNES, is operated at a height of 502 km at an altitude of at least six years at least six years.
The satellites built by Airbus have a unique optical instrument with a spatial resolution of approximately 50 cm [20 inches] In the red, green and blue visible ribbons and in the nearby infrared, Cnes wrote in a mission description.
The CO3D satellites were used about 57 minutes after the decline according to schedule, and Microcarb followed 44 minutes later.
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VV27 was the fifth start for Vega C, and the third since an anomaly in the second stage of the rocket led to a mission failure in December 2022.
The last three flights that count this evening were all successful. In December 2024 and April 2025, the Vega C also managed the Sentinel 1c Earth Beobservation satellite and biomass forest monitoring ship, both European space companies.
Note from the publisher: This story was updated on July 25th at 10.13 p.m. on July 25th with a successful upswing and on July 26th at 12:25 p.m. ET with the news about the use of satellites.
