Kourou – Great expectations for the next mission of the Vega launcher which will start on December 5 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. In his eighth mission, the second of 2016, Vega will lead into orbit the turkish satellite Göktürk-1A. The eighth launch is scheduled at 14:51 Italian time (10:51 local time) and can be followed live on the website of Avio (www.avio.com) starting at 14:36. Vega is the European launcher designed, developed and manufactured in Italy by Avio through its subsidiary ELV (30% owned by ASI). It is a next-generation carrier designed to transfer in low orbit (between 300 and 1,500 kilometers from the earth) satellites for institutional and scientific use, for earth observation and environmental monitoring. 65% made in the Avio plant in Colleferro, near Rome, Vega is able to put satellites into orbit mass up to 2000 kg and complete the family of European launchers. (9Colonne)
