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    • Title Successful firing of Vega’s first-stage motor in Kourou
    • Released 01/12/2006 10:10 am
    • Copyright ESA/CNES-SOV
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      Vega’s first-stage motor came to life on 30 November 2006 at 12:30 Kourou time (15:30 UT) when it was ignited for its first static firing test at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana.


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