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Arianespace Vega launch vehicle
Eight minutes after the start of the VV17 Vega mission and the first ignition of the Avum upper stage engine, a path deviation was detected.
The mission of the space company Arianespace ended in failure. Due to the abnormal operation of the upper stage of the Vega rocket, the satellites did not reach the predicted points. Reports the Arianespace company website.
The launch was carried out from the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The failure of the mission was reported at the end of the broadcast, when almost all stages had been completed.
Eight minutes after starting and first starting the AVUM Upper Stage engine, a deviation from the set trajectory was detected, resulting in a loss of payload.
Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which owns 74% of its share capital, while the rest is held by 15 other shareholders from the European industry.
It was previously reported that the American ship Crew Dragon successfully delivered a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
It was also reported that the third static fire test of the SpaceX Starship SN8 rocket prototype ended in failure.
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