VEGA launched and ESTCube successfully deployed

02:06 UTC
Arianespace’s light-lift Vega launcher performed an intricate mission from the Spaceport today, successfully delivering three satellite passengers at two different Sun-synchronous orbital altitudes during a flight lasting just over two hours. Both ESTCube-1 and VNREDSat-1 were deployed by Vega into orbits with a targeted altitude of 665 km.

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ESTCube-1
1 00000U 00000    13127.17175387  .00000000  00000-0  10000-3 0 00000
2 00000 098.1350 205.7643 0167000 224.2340 211.6964 14.71982716000001

437.250 MHz 18wpm CW beacon
437.505 MHz 9k6 FSK AX.25 (mainly over Europe)

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