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 12:00 am Kourou time/4:00 pm Paris time. The call-in number will be provided to the media by Arianespace.

For further information:

Arianespace press contact: Gregory Gavroy

Email: g.gavroy@arianespace.com

Tel: +33 (0) 6 42 30 22 34

ESA Newsroom and Media Relations contact: Ninja Menning

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Tel: +31 71 565 6409