https://spacewatch.global/tag/vega-c-launcher/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/vega-c-launcher/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/esa-awards-airbus-forum-earth-monitoring-satellite-contract/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41809 Airbus has been awarded a €160 million contract for ESA’s FORUM satellite to help improve the accuracy of climate forecasts by measuring the heat emitted from Earth into space, Airbus said. The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission will comprise the first satellite to observe Earth in the far-infrared range.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/arianespace-wins-contract-to-launch-sentinel-1c-satellite-on-vega-c/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40310 Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission, to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 on Vega-C, Arianespace said. The 2.3-tonne satellite, will be deployed in a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 690 km.]]>