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RE: Vega VV02 launch

Blobrana · L

Given the weather conditions over the Guiana Space Center on May 5, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace have decided to restart the countdown for Vega Flight VV02. This mission will place three satellites into orbit: Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1.

If the favorable trend in weather conditions continues, the launch is now scheduled for the night of May 6-7, 2013, at exactly:

11:06:31 pm    (local time in French Guiana), on May 6, 2013
10:06:31 pm    (Washington, DC)
02:06:31          (UTC) on May 7, 2013
4:06:31 am      (Paris)
9:06:31 am      (Hanoi)

Source Arianespace

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The Vega VV02 launch is postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions

The weather conditions being unfavourable over the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace have decided to postpone VV02. VV02 will place into orbit the Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1 satellites.
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