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Vega ready for its mission

Kourou, French Guyana - Arianespace will orbit the Sentinel-2B satellite,

For its third launch of the year –and the ninth to be performed by the Vega launcher since its first liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in 2012– Arianespace will orbit the Sentinel-2B satellite, a part of Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program, on behalf of the European Commission within the scope of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). As a multi-purpose launch vehicle that...

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Rome, Italy, 03/03/2017 10:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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