Three months after suspending its launches due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Guyana Space Center (CSG) is back in service. At 3:50 a.m. (Paris time) on Saturday night, a Vega rocket must launch from its Kourou launch pad with 53 small satellites on board on behalf of 21 customers from 13 countries.
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Among the passengers, a satellite intended to measure greenhouse gas emissions from the Quebec start-up GHGsat, 24 Dove minisatellites for Earth observation by the American Planet, cubsats from the universities of Madrid and Grenoble, as well as 4 European Space Agency (ESA) satellites. This mission is fraught with challenges. This is the 5th mission of the year for Arianespace, whose activity has been affected by the closure of the Space Center and the difficulties encountered by its customers due to the epidemic. “ This year, we should carry out 4 fewer missions than planned - an Ariane 5, two Soyuz and a Vega - from the CSG, as part of
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