Vega flight VV15 launched with FalconEye1 from the Guiana Space Centre on July 11, 2019. The mission failed after a thermo-structural failure in the forward dome of the Zefiro-23 second-stage motor caused the vehicle to break up.
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Vega flight VV15Flight VV15FalconEye1 Vega launch
Name
Vega VV15
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vega-vv15
Status
destroyed
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Description
Vega flight VV15 launched with FalconEye1 from the Guiana Space Centre on July 11, 2019. The mission failed after a thermo-structural failure in the forward dome of the Zefiro-23 second-stage motor caused the vehicle to break up.