Photos: Vega Rocket Assembly for Dual-Payload Delivery

July 15, 2017 Patrick Blau 2806 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 with the VENµS remote sensing & technology satellite and the French-Israeli OPTSAT-3000 optical reconnaissance spacecraft for the Italian Ministry of Defence.

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