European Space AgencyVegaAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Vega | Multipayload mission, 9 satellites
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.February 13, 2012Add to calendar
Launch Successful
European Space Agency's 5th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,196th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 13, 10:00 – Feb 13, 10:00 UTC
Flight preview
LARES (Vega VV01)
The qualification flight of Europe's Vega launcher carried the Italian LARES laser-ranging sphere for relativity research to a 1,450 km orbit, plus ALMASat-1 and seven European university CubeSats released into a lower elliptical orbit.
Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- Vega Launch on Mission VV01 - First Flight - February 13, 2012 — Spaceflight101
