Europe's premier small rocket fails in flight again - the third time in eight outings.
It was the new variant of Vega, known as Vega C, that failed. This rocket has four stages in total, most of which burn a solid fuel.The anomaly occurred in the rocket's second-stage, the Zefiro 40.
"And after this under-pressure, we have observed a deviation of the trajectory and a very strong anomaly. Unfortunately, we can say that the mission is lost."The two lost satellites would have been among the most powerful European optical imagers in space, able to resolve details on the ground as small as 30cm across.
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