Vega Flight VV17 SEOSAT-Ingenio / TARANIS Mission Failure
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Vega Flight VV17 SEOSAT-Ingenio / TARANIS Mission Failure

8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission. Telemetry data analyses are in progress to determine the cause of this failure.

There will be a press conference Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 10:00 am Kourou time/2:00 pm Paris time. The call-in number will be provided to the media by Arianespace.

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Publishdate:
Nov 17, 2020
European Space Agency (ESA)
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