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Vega flight VV16
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Vega launch
Launch
3 September 2020, 01:51:10 UTC[1]
Operator
Arianespace
Pad
Kourou, ELV
Payload
53 satellites
Outcome
Success
Vega launches
← VV15
VV17 →
Vega flight VV16, also called SSMS PoC Flight (for Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept Flight), was the 16th launch of the Vega rocket.[2][3] The launch was also notable as it was the first Vega launch following the accident of the VV15 launch in July 2019 that caused the loss of FalconEye1 satellite.
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a satellite dispenser launched on 3 September 2020 on a Vega rocket, mission VegaflightVV16, and carried 12 SuperDove satellites from Planet Labs. The...
Vegaflight VV15 was the 15th flight of the Vega launcher, and its first failure. The flight, with a total payload mass of about 1,279 kg (2,820 lb), was...
spaceships in space. The inaugural mission, named Origin, was launched on VegaflightVV16 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on September 3, 2020...
launch small satellites on the Vega SSMS PoC Flight". Retrieved 16 October 2018. "LAUNCH KIT June 2020 VV16 SSMS PoC Flight" (PDF). arianespace.com. Arianespace...
rideshare mission on the Vega rocket during VV16, which launched 53 satellites into a Sun-synchronous orbit in September 2023. The flight was part of the Small...
Caramelli, F; Battie, F; Scaccia, A (1 August 2019). "The first Vega ride-share mission flight" (PDF). Utah State University. Retrieved 22 September 2020....
satellite on latest flight". The Verge. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2020. "Launch Kit VV16 SSMS PoC Flight" (PDF). Arianespace...
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