News Archive / Tagged: MOHAMMED VI – A
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Vega rocket sends MOHAMMED VI–A satellite to orbit on next-to-last Kourou flight of 2017
Jason RhianNovember 7th, 2017Lighting the skies above the jungles of Kourou, French Guiana, an Arianespace Vega rocket lifted off from the Kourou Space Centre's ELV at 10:42 p.m. GFT (8:42 p.m. EST) on November 7 (01:42 GMT on Nov. 8), 2017. The payload for this flight was the MOHAMMED VI–A satellite which Vega sent on its way to a Sun-synchronous orbit.
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Arianespace poised to launch Vega with MOHAMMED VI–A satellite
Jason RhianNovember 5th, 2017Arianespace is ready to launch the MOHAMMED VI–A satellite on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco on November 7, 2017, at 10:42 p.m. local time (01:42 GMT Nov. 8). The spacecraft is slated to lift off from the Guiana Space Centre's Vega Launch Complex (SLV) and will mark the 10th flight of the year for the Courcouronnes, Essonne, France-based firm.