{"id":14215,"date":"2017-11-09T20:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T12:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-vega-rocket-lifts-off-with-moroccan-satellite\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T20:44:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T12:44:24","slug":"photos-vega-rocket-lifts-off-with-moroccan-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-vega-rocket-lifts-off-with-moroccan-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Vega rocket lifts off with Moroccan satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

A European Vega rocket took off Tuesday from a tropical launch pad in South America with Mohammed VI-A, a Moroccan spy satellite built in France.<\/p>\n

The 98-foot-tall, four-stage rocket launched Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center at 10:42 p.m. French Guiana time (8:42 p.m. EST; 0142 GMT Wednesday). It was the 11th flight of a Vega rocket, and the third this year, all successful.<\/p>\n

Launches of light-class Vega rockets are managed by Arianespace.<\/p>\n

These photos show the Vega rocket\u2019s late-night liftoff from French Guiana on the power of its Italian-built solid-fueled first stage booster, which produced nearly 700,000 pounds of thrust to drive the launcher skyward.<\/p>\n

Read our full story for details on the mission.<\/p>\n

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Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Decollage depuis IBIS le 07-11-2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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