Photos: Vega Rocket Receives Payloads for Dual-Satellite Delivery Mission

July 31, 2017 Patrick Blau 2560 Views CNES, French Guiana, IAI, OPSAT-3000, OPTSAT-3000, VENµS

The encapsulated payload stack for the Vega VV10 mission is hoisted atop the assembled Vega rocket in preparation for an August 2017 liftoff.

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Photos: Vega Rocket Assembly for Dual-Payload Delivery

July 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2815 Views CNES, French Guiana, IAI, OPSAT-3000, OPTSAT-3000, VENµS

Europe’s Vega rocket – the smallest member in the Arianespace launcher family – completes stacking at the ZLV launch complex of the Guiana Space Center in preparation for an August 2017 liftoff

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Photos: Satellites from Israel, France & Italy Prepare for Liftoff atop Vega Rocket

July 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2451 Views CNES, French Guiana, IAI, OPSAT-3000, OPTSAT-3000, VENµS

The French-Israeli VENµS remote sensing and technology demonstration satellites and the OPTSAT-3000 image reconnaissance satellite – built in Israel & operated from Italy – under go final processing operations at the Guiana Space Center in preparation for a tandem ride atop Europe’s Vega rocket in August 2017.