The penultimate Vega flight (VV23) delivered Thailand's THEOS-2 high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite and Taiwan's FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON weather satellite, plus ten cubesat rideshares, from French Guiana; two secondary cubesats, ESTCube-2 and ANSER-Leader, failed to separate from their deployers.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 783 kg
- Flight
- 21st
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 9 October 2023, 01:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2023-155
- Launches in 2023
- 165th of 223
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