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Soyuz Carrying European Satellites Launches from French Guiana - Video

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Soyuz Carrying European Satellites Launches from French Guiana - Video

08:44 GMT 18.12.2019 (Updated: 17:01 GMT 12.04.2023)

A picture taken on December 17, 2015 shows a Soyuz rocket blasting off from the European space centre at Kourou, French Guiana - Sputnik International

Russia's Soyuz-ST carrier rocket had to undergo several replacement operations, as faulty equipment caused the launch, initially scheduled for Tuesday, to be delayed.

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, that is scheduled to launch a Cosmo-SkyMed (COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) satellite for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian military, takes off from Kourou, French Guiana.

In addition, three auxiliary payloads are to be deployed on Flight VS23: EyeSat and ANGELS, for the French CNES space agency, and OPS-SAT, for Tyvak on behalf of the European Space Agency.

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The satellites are designed for both military and civilian purposes, including seismic hazard analysis, environmental disaster monitoring, and agricultural mapping.