Vega failed launch with FalconEye1

An Arianespace Vega launch vehicle (Flight VV15) launched the FalconEye1 Earth observation satellite from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana, on 11 July 2019, at 01:53:03 UTC (10 July, at 22:53:03 local time). According to Arianespace: “Approximately two minutes after the Vega launcher’s liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana, a launcher anomaly occurred shortly after ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage – leading to the premature end of the mission. Data analyses are in progress
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