That, successful operation of the Vega maiden flight

(ANSAmed) – Rome, May 13 a week exactly since its launch, the data confirms that the European carrier Vega has done a perfect job, launching into orbit three satellites. “We are very pleased to have decided to launch Proba-V Vega,” says Franco Ongaro, technical director of Esa-ESTEC in the Netherlands.

“Our satellite-adds-it was released right where we wanted and thanks to this precision, the satellite will have the full expected life that is about 5 years”.