Vega rocket with Ukrainian engine launches Earth-watching PRISMA satellite for Italy. VIDEO Vega, Arianespace’s light-lift vehicle, took off from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 3:50:35 Kyiv time. PRISMA, the PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa satellite, separated from the rocket 54 minutes later. 6 835 59 Tech
Vega carrier with Ukrainian missile engine successfully launched off French Guiana. VIDEO Vega flight VV09 powered by a Ukraine-made missile engine successfully launched off Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on March 6, 2017. 36 578 87 Society
European carrier Vega powered by Ukrainian engine successfully launched into orbit. VIDEO On Dec. 5, 2016, at 3:51 p.m. Kyiv time, a Vega rocket leaped off the pad at Guyana Space Center’s Vega Launch Complex, carrying the Göktürk 1 Earth observation satellite into orbit. 64 374 214 World