The SEOSAT-Ingenio GO/NOGO roll call in the Main Control Room at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany. The roll call was conducted by Flight Director Juan Piñeiro at 01:22 CET, just 90 minutes before planned lift off at 02:52 CET, 17 November 2020. Image credit: ESA/D Mesples
SEOSAT-Ingenio was to have entered an orbit at an altitude of roughly 670 km. From there, it would have provided high-resolution images of Earth’s land cover with extensive uses across cartography, land use monitoring, urban development and water management.
Unfortunately, 8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, and following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission.
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