Vega-C launches CO3D and MicroCarb satellites

It’s a high-five for a five-in-one launch! 🚀 Early this morning, Vega-C lifted off with the CO3D observation constellation and MicroCarb 🛰️ on board. Built to provide high resolution Earth imagery, the four CO3D satellites are in Polar Orbit, waiting to start their mission: delivery of a global high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM) service to CNES with 50 cm stereo imagery as well as 2D imagery for government and commercial customers. Their co-passenger MicroCarb is set to study the CO₂ in Earth’s atmosphere on a global scale. CNES selected Airbus to develop and build the payload: the MicroCarb instrument, based on a passive spectrometer, designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO₂)—the most important greenhouse gas — on a global scale, to better understand the impact of CO₂ produced by human activity and how this greenhouse gas is released and absorbed. 🌍 Stay tuned for more updates! ✨ ARIANESPACE UK Space Agency CNES European Space Agency - ESA ESA Earth Observation Click here for more information ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehcuxB6X