Vega launched the three-satellite CERES constellation for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces from Kourou, giving France a space-based signals-intelligence capability to locate radio emitters on land and at sea. It was Vega's 20th flight and Arianespace's 300th launch overall.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T
- Flight
- 20th
- of 22 Vega flights
- Date and time
- 16 November 2021, 09:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2021-105
- Launches in 2021
- 114th of 146
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