The carrier rocket Vega blasted off from the launching site Kourou in French Guiana in late June and put the satellite Sentinel-2A into orbit at an altitude of 786 kilometers. Vega was equipped with the AVUM RD-868P rocket engine, or sustainer developed by the Dnepropetrovsk-based design bureau Yuzhnoe.
The satellite is designed to alert farmers to the danger of a crop failure, detect deforestation and estimate the consequences of natural calamities, among others.
Previously, the Ukrainian carrier rocket Dnepr blasted off from the Russian launching center Yasny in the Orenburg region and put the South Korean satellite CompSat-3A into orbit. CompSat-3A established communication with a ground station in the Korean city of Taejon.
Overall, three launches of Dnepr rockets are scheduled for this year.
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