The latest Vega rocket launch has ended in disappointment as the rocket crashed back to earth less than three minutes after liftoff.
The latest Vega rocket launch ended in disappointment less than three minutes after lifting off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket was part of the European Space Agency’s ongoing missions to put satellites into space. The satellites aboard the flight would have been Europe’s most powerful optical imagers in space if the mission had succeeded.
The failure to launch is bad news for the ESA and its partners, as the Vega rocket has failed three out of its past eight launches. This particular launch appears to have failed during the rocket’s second stage, known as Zefire 40.
