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Europe has now retired its Vega light launcher after the final mission that lofted the Copernicus Sentinel-2C Earth-observation satellite into orbit. The mission, VV24, from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, took place on Sept. 4 at 10:50 p.m. local time, with launch service provider...
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