Blog - Feb 13 set as new date for Europes Vega rocket
Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2012
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday that the first launch of a long-awaited light rocket, Vega, which had been pencilled for February 9, would take place on February 13.
Vega is being deployed at a new pad at ESAs space base at Kourou, French Guiana, to complement ESAs heavyweight Ariane 5 and the Russian-made medium launcher Soyuz.
An ESA spokesman told AFP that the new dat
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Feb_13_set_as_new_date_for_Europes_Vega_rocket_999.html
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday that the first launch of a long-awaited light rocket, Vega, which had been pencilled for February 9, would take place on February 13.
Vega is being deployed at a new pad at ESAs space base at Kourou, French Guiana, to complement ESAs heavyweight Ariane 5 and the Russian-made medium launcher Soyuz.
An ESA spokesman told AFP that the new dathttp://www.space-travel.com/reports/Feb_13_set_as_new_date_for_Europes_Vega_rocket_999.html
