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Rocket with Ukrainian engine launches French military satellites into orbit

by Daryna Antoniuk November 17, 2021 10:40 PM 1 min read
(Pivdenne aerospace design bureau)
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Three CERES electronic intelligence satellites were launched from a space center in French Guiana on Nov. 16 to enhance France’s surveillance capabilities.

The satellites were sent off by the Vega rocket, equipped with a liquid propellant engine designed by Ukraine’s Pivdenne aerospace design bureau and built by the Pivdenmash factory in Dnipro, a Ukrainian regional capital.

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