Vega flight VV10 launched two Earth-observation satellites from Kourou: OPTSAT-3000, a reconnaissance satellite for the Italian Ministry of Defense built by Israel Aerospace Industries, and VENµS, a French-Israeli vegetation-monitoring satellite testing electric propulsion.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 732 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 2 August 2017, 01:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2017-044
- Launches in 2017
- 47th of 90
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