BackForward Satellite: Vigil-L5 

Satellite details
Acronym Vigil-L5
Full name Vigil-L5 (previously known as Lagrange-L5)
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Satellite at L5 Lagrange point for space weather forecasting.
  • The L5 view enables observations of the sun to be made on that part of the disk yet to be rotated towards earth. 
  • More on Vigil-L5 here
Mass at launch 2500 kg Dry mass 1160 kg
Power 1200 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data will only be available 2 years after launch once the satellite has reached the L5 point.
Orbit L4-L5 Altitude

 

Space agency ESA
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2031 EOL ≥2038
Last update: 2025-02-26
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Vigil-L5

Acronym Full name
PMI Photospheric Magnetic Field Imager
JEDI Extreme Ultra-Violet Imager
HI1-Vigil Heliospheric Imager 1 - Vigil
HI2-Vigil Heliospheric Imager 2 - Vigil
Magnetometer Magnetometer on Vigil-L5
CCOR-2 Compact CORonagraph-2
PLA Plasma Analyser
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