Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS25

On 29 December 2020, the Soyuz rocket on flight VS25 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana to deliver the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite into its planned orbit for the French CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) space agency and the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) defence procurement agency.