Carried ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2C Earth observation satellite to a 775 km Sun-synchronous orbit from French Guiana on flight VV24, the 22nd and final launch of the original Vega before its retirement in favor of Vega-C.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 22nd
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 5 September 2024, 01:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2024-157
- Launches in 2024
- 162nd of 263
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