Vega liftoff on flight VV03

The third launch by Europe’s new small launcher, Vega, delivered Kazakhstan’s KazEOSat-1(DZZ-HR) satellite for high-resolution Earth observation into its planned orbit.

Liftoff of flight VV03 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana came at 01:35 GMT on 30 April 2014 (03:35 CEST; 22:35 local time on 29 April).