CO3D and MicroCarb Mission
Vega-C flight VV27 deployed the four-satellite CO3D optical-mapping constellation and the MicroCarb carbon-dioxide observatory for CNES. CO3D entered a roughly 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit for stereo imaging, while MicroCarb was released into a higher 650-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit for atmospheric measurements.
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- Vega-C VV27 missionCO3D and MicroCarb
- Name
- CO3D and MicroCarb Mission
- Status
- active
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- Description
- Vega-C flight VV27 deployed the four-satellite CO3D optical-mapping constellation and the MicroCarb carbon-dioxide observatory for CNES. CO3D entered a roughly 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit for stereo imaging, while MicroCarb was released into a higher 650-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit for atmospheric measurements.
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- Outcome
- Successfully deployed all four CO3D satellites and MicroCarb into their planned orbits
- Program
- CNES Earth observation
- Start Date
- 2025-07-26
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 17:31:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 17:31:58 UTC
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