Mohammed VI-A, Morocco's first high-resolution Earth-imaging/reconnaissance satellite (~1,100 kg, built by Thales Alenia Space/Airbus on an AstroSat-1000 bus), deployed to sun-synchronous orbit on Vega flight VV11 from Kourou.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 8 November 2017, 01:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2017-070
- Launches in 2017
- 73rd of 90
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