Tag: AMICalSat
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Vega rocket deploys 53 satellites on successful return to flight mission
A 98-foot-tall (30-meter) Vega rocket lifts off from French Guiana on Wednesday night. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Delayed a year by a launch failure, the coronavirus pandemic and a stretch of stiff upper level winds this summer, an Italian-made Vega rocket vaulted into orbit from French Guiana on…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with 53 small satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with a cluster of 53 small satellites from 21 customers in 13 countries. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0135 GMT (9:35 p.m. EDT), and will be available on this page.
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Long-delayed Vega rocket launch could happen Wednesday night
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) Sept. 1 with launch delay caused by Typhoon Maysak. Updated Sept. 2 with possible launch attempt Wednesday night. The payload compartment of the Vega rocket was reinstalled on top of the launcher Aug. 26. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Arianespace delayed…
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After weather delays, Arianespace delays Vega launch to recharge batteries
A Vega launcher stands on its launch pad in French Guiana on June 28 during scrubbed launch attempt. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron After an unusual stretch of excessive high-altitude winds prevented launch from French Guiana of 53 small satellites on a Vega rocket in June — and no…
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Cluster of international satellites ready for ride into orbit on Vega rocket
EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch has been postponed again due to high-altitude winds. Technicians at the Guiana Space Center lift a stack of 53 small spacecraft for attachment to the Vga rocket’s payload adapter. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Debuting a two-tier structure designed to accommodate dozens of small satellites on…
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Live coverage: Vega launch of 53 smallsats again delayed by high-altitude winds
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with a cluster of 53 small satellites from 21 customers in 13 countries. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0135 GMT (9:35 p.m. EDT), and will be available on this page.
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Vega rocket’s return-to-flight launch waits for improved wind conditions
The Vega rocket’s payload fairing — containing 53 satellites — is transferred to the Vega launch pad in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon The first launch of an Italian-made Vega rocket since an in-flight failure nearly one year ago has been postponed to no earlier than Monday…