LAUNCH / Vega-C
TRUTHS
Planned for 2030 · Provisional
Planned with Vega-C from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Dates may change.
Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs · Last successful recall: 29 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC. Older data status – not successfully updated for more than two hours.
Date and mission
- Date according to source
- Planned for 2030
- Status according to source
- Provisional
- Rocket
- Vega-C →
- Launch provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Launch Site
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana →
- Launch Platform
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- European reference
- European rocket & European participation
- Payload participation
- European Space Agency
- Source last changed
- 16 Jul 2025, 06:48 UTC
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Current source reports
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Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC
Original source description (English)
TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies) is a a ‘standards laboratory in space’, setting the ‘gold standard’ reference for climate measurements. Carrying a cryogenic solar absolute radiometer and a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer as well as a novel onboard calibration system, TRUTHS is designed to make continuous measurements of incoming solar radiation and reflected radiation to evaluate Earth’s energy-in to energy-out ratio.
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