July 13, 2022 at 1:13 PM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2360, -52.7750
Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.
Vega
Height
34.8 m
Diameter
3 m
LEO capacity
3,300 kg
Successful launches
6
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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