Vega VV06 upper composite transferred to launcher assembly area

Vega VV06 upper composite, carrying LISA Pathfinder, being transferred to launcher assembly area, at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 18 November 2015.

LISA Pathfinder will test the fundamental technologies and instrumentation needed for future gravitational-wave observatories in space. LISA Pathfinder is currently scheduled for launch with Arianespace flight VV06 – the sixth launch of Europe's small Vega launcher – on 2 December at 04:15:00 UTC.