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Press Event · Guyana Space Center, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace VV17 failure press conference

Name: Arianespace VV17 failure press conference
Start: 2020-11-17T13:00:00Z
Location: Guyana Space Center, Kourou, French Guiana

Tue, Nov 17 · 1:00 PM UTCNET 2020-11-17 13:00 UTC

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8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission. There will be a press conference Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 10:00 am Kourou time / 2:00 pm Paris time.

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Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Tue, Nov 17 · 1:52 AM UTC · 2020-11-17 01:52:20 UTC

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Press Event · Guyana Space Center, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace VV17 failure press conference

Tue, Nov 17 · 1:00 PM UTCNET 2020-11-17 13:00 UTC

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About This Event

8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission. There will be a press conference Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 10:00 am Kourou time / 2:00 pm Paris time.

The Launch

Launch page

Failure

Vega | SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis

Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Tue, Nov 17 · 1:52 AM UTC · 2020-11-17 01:52:20 UTC

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Vega | SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis

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