The SSMS - Small Spacecraft Mission Service - is a dispenser that will carry 53 satellites into orbit, all launched at once by Europe's Vega launch vehicle in a proof-of-concept mission.

Four ESA payloads are on board – the maritime microsatellite ESAIL, as well as a trio of ESA CubeSats: SIMBA (studying Earth’s radiation), Picasso (ozone-measuring) and FSSCat carrying the Phi-Sat-1 technology (artificial intelligence applied to Earth observation).

Launch date: 03 September 2020 (03:51 CEST)
Location: Europe's Spaceport, Kourou in French Guiana
Launch vehicle: Vega (VV16)
Follow the launch live on: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV