23 June 2015

Successful VV-05 Launch

On 22/06, a Vega launcher lifted-off from the Centre Spatial Guyanais at 22:52 local time to put into Orbit an ESA/EU spacecraft: Sentinel-2A. The mission was declared successful about one hour after lift off  when the spacecraft separated from the launcher and the expected telemetry was acquired.
Overall view in the Jupiter Control Room during the count down
VV-05 take-off
Credits: ESA M. Pedoussaut
 Vega carrying Sentinel-2A on its way!
This is of course a major achievement for all the teams who contributed for this outstanding success. We do want to congratulate  in particular our ESA colleagues who have been working very hard during the last months to reach this point. Well done!

Now for MSG-4 : la voie est libre!

For the oficial ESA site: click here

More photos of the launch to be published later

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