N° 10–2013: Second Vega launch postponed by 24 hours
25 April 2013
To carry out additional checks on the mobile gantry system used on the Vega launch complex (SLV) at the CSG, Europe’s Spaceport, ESA and Arianespace have decided to postpone the Vega launch VV02 for 24 hours.
Liftoff is now scheduled for the night of3/4 May at exactly:
23:06:31 (local time in French Guiana on 3 May)
02:06:31 (GMT on 4 May)
04:06:31 (Paris time on 4 May)
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Today, it launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space.
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