VEGA-C RETURN TO FLIGHT, Dec 3, 2024, French Guiana, 4:20 pm ET
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Europe’s Vega-C rocket is scheduled to return to flight on December 3, 2024 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana at 18:20 local time (21:20 GMT, 4:20 pm EST).
????Liftoff date for the next Vega-C rocket, flight #VV25 :
????3 December 2024
⌚18:20 local time @EuropeSpacePort (21:20 GMT, 22:20 CET)
????️ Launching Earth observer #Sentinel1 C https://t.co/3vHAKaiPUf pic.twitter.com/V2WjN8y1Bo— ESA Space Transport (@ESA_transport) October 10, 2024
The rocket failed on December 20, 2022 on its second launch. A setback in the return to flight occurred in the summer of 2023 when a nozzle in a redesigned second stage engine failed during a static fire test.