Vega flight VV05

Vega flight VV05 is the Vega space launch of the Sentinel-2A satellite.
Payload.
The flight was a single-payload mission that deployed the Sentinel-2A Earth observation satellite into orbit, with a total payload mass of about , including the satellite and its adapter.
Sentinel-2A.
Sentinel-2A, the first of the two Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellites, had a lift-off mass of approximately , and has a design lifetime of 7.25 to 12 years. It was developed by Airbus Defence and Space under the supervision of the European Space Agency for the European Union's Copernicus programme.
It is Airbus's spacecraft launched by Arianespace.
Mission description.
Launch date.
The successful Vega flight took place on at 01:51:58UTC ( at 22:51:58 local time) from the ELV launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana.
Timeline and trajectory.
The mission was planned to last 54 minutes and 43 seconds from lift-off until separation, placing its payload into a quasi-circular sun-synchronous target orbit with an altitude of about , at an inclination of about 98.5°.
Statistics.
The launch was the Arianespace mission (the in ). Sentinel-2A was the spacecraft to be put in orbit by Arianespace.