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Vega Flight VV16 Rescheduled by Arianespace

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Tom Patton
Aug 31, 2020
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Arianespace has rescheduled Vega Flight VV16, the 16th flight for Vega, within a launch window from September 1 to September 4, with a more than 90% probability of the launch going ahead.

Flight VV16 has been pushed back several times, notably due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavorable winds aloft at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

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