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Sentinel and Flex (2): VV30 mission, Vega C second launch operated by Avio

Satellites were released an altitude of about 810 km; duration of the launch 116 minutes

On September 14th at 10.21 PM Kourou time (01.21 UTC; 03.21 AM CEST on September 15th), Avio successfully launched the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the FLEX satellites for ESA from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with a Vega C launcher. The satellites were released into Sun-Synchronous...

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Colleferro, Italy, 09/15/2026 12:52
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