Failure
Pléiades Neo 5 & 6
Government/Top Secret
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialVega-C
SSOorbit
Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 are the last two in a constellation of four optical high-resolution Earth observation satellites built and operated by Airbus. It is a dual purpose constellation, serving both civilian and military purposes.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 1:47 AM
Replay
Status Details
Failure Reason
2nd stage Zefiro 40 motor lost chamber pressure from T+151 seconds due to unexpected erosion of carbon-carbon (C-C) material in the motor nozzle's throat insert, caused by the material's flaw in homogeneity.
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,364
ASA Mission
#312
Pad Launch
#48
Location Launch
#317
Launch Window
NET
Dec 21, 2022, 1:47 AM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Vega-C Specs
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
Length
34.8 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
210 t
Thrust
2,974 kN
LEO Capacity
3,300 kg
SSO Capacity
2,230 kg
Launch Cost
$48M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2022
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 27d
Total Launches
7
Successful
6
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
5
Maiden flight: Jul 13, 2022
Social Flight Log
- Dec 21, 2022, 2:02 AM
Launch vehicle has failed at some point during second stage's burn, waiting for more details
Source - Dec 21, 2022, 1:48 AM
Liftoff
Source - Dec 21, 2022, 1:33 AM
Coverage live
Source - Nov 30, 2022, 9:29 PM
Updating date and setting GO
Source - Nov 30, 2022, 8:01 AM
New launch time.
Source - Nov 25, 2022, 11:09 AM
New launch date.
Source - Nov 24, 2022, 4:02 PM
Launch postponed to NET December due to a defective equipment on the launcher.
Source - Nov 8, 2022, 12:53 PM
Updating date, adding T-0 and setting GO
Source - Oct 14, 2022, 10:19 AM
Targeting November 23
Source
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
ELA-1, now named Ensemble de Lancement Vega (short ELV), is a launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. It has been used to support launches of the Europa rocket, Ariane 1, Ariane 3, and is currently used to launch Vega rockets.
Total Launches
55
Orbital Attempts
55
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 25d
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Dec 20, 2022, 10:47 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903