Vega rocket launches from French Guiana
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Kourou (AFP) Sept 3, 2020
Europe's Vega rocket returned to the skies on Wednesday from French Guiana in its first mission since a failed launch last year. The rocket left Earth around an hour before midnight local time after the launch was postponed numerous times, most recently due to a typhoon passing over a tracking station in South Korea. The coronavirus pandemic and persistent winds over the South American l