ESA completes swan song of its Vega rocket with Sentinel-2C launch

The European Space Agency (ESA) completed its transition to its Vega-C rocket with the final launch of its first-generation Vega rocket. The mission, dubbed VV24, carried an Earth-imaging satellite to a sun-synchronous orbit. Liftoff of the 22nd and final Vega rocket happened Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 10:50 p.m. GFT (9:50 p.m. EDT, 0150 UTC) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. During the final hours before the mission was set to launch, Arianespace posted to social media that the mission was scrubbed for its first launch attempt on Tuesday. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Sep 5)