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Payload / Mission

LARES-2 (Maiden flight)

Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.