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SUMMARY:🚀 Vega-C | PLATiNO 2 – NET November 2027
LOCATION:Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)\, Guiana Space Centre\, French Guiana
DESCRIPTION:Avio S.p.A · Vega-C\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/results?se
 arch_query=Vega-C+%7C+PLATiNO+2+launch+live\n\nPLATiNO-2 is an Earth obser
 vation satellite developed for the Italian Space Agency (ASI)\, making use
  of the PLATiNO minisatellite platform - a versatile and modular small sat
 ellite system - to support a variety of space missions for Earth observati
 on\, telecommunications\, and scientific research. The platform offers a s
 calable and cost-effective solution for payload integration in support of 
 diverse mission requirements and orbital configurations\, with a focus on 
 high performance\, flexibility\, and reliability\, for both governmental a
 nd commercial applications.
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\nThe PLATiNO-2 mission carries a Thermal I
 nfrared (TIR) payload\, validating PLATiNO multi-applicability feature. De
 veloped by Leonardo and SITAEL\, PLATiNO-2 TIR will acquire images that wi
 ll be used to provide valuable services for territories control and protec
 tion such as monitoring waters\, glaciers\, pollutants\, state of crops an
 d vegetation\, energy consumption in urban areas. PLATiNO-2 is also equipp
 ed with the magnetically shielded HT 100\, an improved version of SITAEL e
 lectric thruster\, making PLATiNO-2 one of the first missions in the world
  to observe the Earth in the Thermal Infrared from a very low orbit – le
 ss than 400 km – and thus significantly improving the resolution of the 
 acquired images.
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\nThe satellite also carries NASA’s Multi-Angle Imag
 er for Aerosols (MAIA) instrument\, which will study how different types o
 f particulate matter air pollution affect our health.
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