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Vega, Falcon 9 Rockets Set to Orbit More than 100 Satellites
Vega begins its ascent from the Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite on the third Arianespace mission of 2019. (Credit: Arianespace)

Arianespace’s Vega and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets are set to launch a combined 113 satellites this week.

Vega is scheduled for launch on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 9:51:10 p.m. EDT (01:51:10 a.m. UTC on Sept. 2) from Kourou, French Guiana. You can view the launch on Arianespace’s YouTube channel.

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  • September 1, 2020
A Whole Bunch of Launches Scheduled — Again

Bored beyond tears due to the lockdown? Got nothing to do and nowhere to go? Only reruns on the tube? Stay home, grab some beers, and fire up that computer. There’s a whole bunch of launches on the schedule over the next four days. ULA, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, Astra and Arianespace are all back in action with six launches from three countries. SpaceX will attempt two launches on the same […]

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  • August 28, 2020