Vega C Successfully Launches for First Time in Nearly Two Years Written 6 December 2024
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Vega-C rocket launches Sentinel-1C satellite in return to flight, Dec. 5, 2024. | Credit: VideoFromSpace; YouTube; framegrab
Space News reports, “A Vega C successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Dec. 5 in the rocket’s first flight since a failure nearly two years ago. The Vega C lifted off from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:20 p.m. Eastern. The launch was previously scheduled for Dec. 4 but delayed a day because a problem with the mobile launch gantry at the pad.”
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Vega-C rocket launches Sentinel-1C satellite in return to flight, Dec. 5, 2024 (Launch at 37:02 mark)
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