How to Watch the First Launch of Europe's Exciting New Vega-C Rocket

The single-body rocket is slated for takeoff on Wednesday June 13 at 7:13 a.m. ET.

For its first trip to Earth orbit, Vega-C will carry the Italian Space Agency’s LARES-2 as its primary payload. The satellite is designed to measure an effect on spacetime known as frame dragging, which is when the rotation of a massive object affects the motion of objects around it. The rocket will also be carrying six cubesats, one to test ways of detecting biomolecules in space, one to test the growing of plants in microgravity, and another to study Earth’s magnetosphere.

Vega-C is a single body launcher that has no booster. Instead, it’s equipped with three solid propulsion stages and an additional liquid propulsion upper module. It is designed to succeed the smalllauncher, which has been in operation for ten years. When Vega first launched in February 2012, it kickstarted a new era for ESA, delivering small and medium payloads to orbit.

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