Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Video Credit: Arianespace
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/vega-vv07
Europe’s Vega rocket thundered into the night skies over the Guiana Space Center on Thursday to lift into orbit a high-resolution imaging satellite for operation by the government of Peru plus a group of four Earth observation satellites for Google company Terra Bella.
Vega lifted off from the equatorial launch base at 10:43 p.m. local time on Thursday, 1:43 UTC on Friday and successfully fired its three solid-fueled rocket stages before handing off to the liquid-fueled AVUM rocket module for a complex orbital ballet.
Video Credit: Arianespace
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/vega-vv07
Europe’s Vega rocket thundered into the night skies over the Guiana Space Center on Thursday to lift into orbit a high-resolution imaging satellite for operation by the government of Peru plus a group of four Earth observation satellites for Google company Terra Bella.
Vega lifted off from the equatorial launch base at 10:43 p.m. local time on Thursday, 1:43 UTC on Friday and successfully fired its three solid-fueled rocket stages before handing off to the liquid-fueled AVUM rocket module for a complex orbital ballet.
