MISSION NAME
FORUM 2
Status
TBD
DATE
31 DEC 2027
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Avio S.p.A
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Description
FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) is a mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) carrying a Fourier transform spectrometer. It is designed to measure Earth’s outgoing radiation in the far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has previously never been measured from space.
Vega-C
Rocket Description
Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.