Vyacheslav Ermolin, 02 December 2020
Mission:
Flight VS24 Arianespace. Launch of a photographic reconnaissance satellite for the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates. Analogue of the French satellite Pleiades.
Motto:
"Russian rocket launches a European satellite for the Arabs from the French cosmodrome in South America." There is no official motto.
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CT-A— - , c Arianespace. «-2.1» . «-2», «-».
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Falcon Eye 2 — c . Astrium Satellites Falcon Eye . Pléiades-HR. HiRI (High-Resolution Imager) 70 20 . 1500 Vega 2019 . 11 2019 , - Vega. «--/». EADS Astrium Airbus Defense and Space Thales Alenia.
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: 611 , 98,2°
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— - 48.5 $.
— 1 6 600 $.
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NSF
Personal opinion:
The long-suffering "Hawkeye" has finally been launched into orbit! The satellite for the Arab military has been carried over countless times over the past year. On the way to orbit, he changed the carrier rocket, went through a long quarantine due to COVID-19, problems with the Fregat upper stage, launch postpones due to weather and technical reasons. The launch team from Russia and Arianespace specialists after the launch drink champagne and congratulate each other, under the stern gaze of the Arab military.