Arianespace’s Vega launch with DZZ-HR satellite scrubbed

Arianespace has scrubbed its third launch of the Vega rocket, which was tasked with lofting Kazakhstan’s DZZ-HR Earth observation satellite, also known by the name KazEOSat-1, into a Sun-synchronous orbit on Monday evening. Lift off from pad ELA-1 at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana was scheduled for 01:35 UTC (Tuesday), prior to a scrub being called just ahead of T-10 minutes. The four-stage launcher is tailored to carry the growing number of small scientific spacecraft and other lighter-weight payloads under development or planned worldwide. More

(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Apr 29)