5 September 2024 – On Wednesday September 4th 2024, the last Vega launcher (VV24 mission) lifted-off from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana. Vega successfully placed its passenger, the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite, into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 775 km. Spacecraft separation occurred 57 minutes and 27 seconds after lift-off. This launch is the 5th Sentinel satellite in the Copernicus program to be launched by Arianespace after 4 successful launches, including two on Vega: Sentinel-2A in 2015 (VV05) and Sentinel-2B in 2017 (VV09). The European Commission has awarded to Arianespace and to Vega C five other Copernicus satellites: Sentinel-1C, Sentinel-1D, Sentinel-3C, CO2M-A and CO2M-B. Read more