Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)
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Europe's Vega-C rocket returned to flight Thursday (Dec. 5) with a successful mission, two years after suffering a catastrophic failure.
Vega-C, which is operated by the French company Arianespace, launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite on Thursday, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 4:20 p.m. EST (2120 GMT; 6:20 p.m. local time).
The mission was originally supposed to fly on Wednesday (Dec. 4), but a mechanical issue with the launch gantry nixed that attempt.
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