Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- February 13, 2012, 10:00
- Launch designation
- 2012-006
- Mission
- LARES
- Flight name
- LARES/AlmaSat
- Vehicle flight ID
- VV01
- Flight code
- VEGA DEMO
- Year
- Launches in 2012
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 1,453 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 1.5 t
- Payloads
- 10
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARES | 2012-006ANORAD 38077 | Italian Space Agency | Technology | 400 kg | In orbit |
| ALMASat | 2012-006BNORAD 38078 | Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna | Technology | 12 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Apr 25, 2020 |
| e-st@r | 2012-006CNORAD 38079 | Polytechnic University of Turin | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jan 16, 2015 |
| Goliat | 2012-006DNORAD 38080 | University of Bucharest | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Dec 31, 2014 |
| MagyarSat-OSCAR-72 | 2012-006ENORAD 38081 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jan 9, 2015 |
| XaTcobeo | 2012-006FNORAD 38082 | University of Vigo | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Aug 31, 2014 |
| PW-Sat 1 | 2012-006GNORAD 38083 | Warsaw University of Technology | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 28, 2014 |
| ROBUSTA | 2012-006HNORAD 38084 | Montpellier 2 University | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jan 27, 2015 |
| UNICubeSat GG | 2012-006JNORAD 38085 | Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems, GAUSS SrI | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Feb 16, 2015 |
| AVUM VV01/LARES A&H/SS | 2012-006KNORAD 38086 | Italian Space Agency | Technology | 10 kg | Reentered attached to another object · Nov 2, 2016 |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.