# Arianespace Flight VV14 - PRISMA

For its third mission of the year, and the 14th Vega flight since this launcher began operations at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit the PRISMA Earth observation satellite on behalf of the ASI Italian space agency within the scope of a contract with OHB ITALIA.

In conducting this mission for Italy, Arianespace once again proves that Vega is a multi-purpose launch vehicle, perfectly tailored to address the growing Earth observation satellite market.

Flight VV14 will mark the 12th Vega mission dedicated to Earth observation, with PRISMA to become the 70th Earth observation satellite launched by Arianespace overall.

Payload

PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) was built for the ASI Italian space agency by OHB ITALIA as prime contractor, with LEONARDO responsible for the payload. Vega will deliver the satellite into a Sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbit (SSO) for its Earth observation mission.

PRISMA will provide major applications to protect both our planet and Italy’s national environmental safety. Equipped with a state-of-the-art electro-optical instrument, made by a medium resolution photo camera sensitive to all the visible range (panchromatic) and by an innovative hyperspectral sensor, it will employ these capabilities for environmental monitoring, resources management, identification and classification of crops, fight against pollution, etc.

PRISMA will be the third satellite launched at the service of ASI by Arianespace,…

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Arianespace
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arianespace_Flight_VV14_-_PRISMA.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Arianespace
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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