Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Video Credit: Arianespace
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/vega-vv08
Vega - the smallest member of Arianespace's rocket fleet - lifted off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on Monday, carrying into orbit a high-resolution imaging satellite for operation by the Turkish Ministry of Defence.
Vega fired up its powerful solid-fueled first stage at 13:51:44 UTC and quickly catapulted itself off the ZLV launch pad, rising into mostly clear skies on a northerly departure path to deliver the 1,060-Kilogram Göktürk-1A satellite into a Sun Synchronous Orbit. The also solid-fueled second and third stage fired in close succession before powered flight was handed off to the AVUM upper stage to fire its engine twice to home in on a 700-Kilometer orbit.
Video Credit: Arianespace
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/vega-vv08
Vega - the smallest member of Arianespace's rocket fleet - lifted off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on Monday, carrying into orbit a high-resolution imaging satellite for operation by the Turkish Ministry of Defence.
Vega fired up its powerful solid-fueled first stage at 13:51:44 UTC and quickly catapulted itself off the ZLV launch pad, rising into mostly clear skies on a northerly departure path to deliver the 1,060-Kilogram Göktürk-1A satellite into a Sun Synchronous Orbit. The also solid-fueled second and third stage fired in close succession before powered flight was handed off to the AVUM upper stage to fire its engine twice to home in on a 700-Kilometer orbit.
