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Successful firing of Vega's first-stage motor in Kourou

ESA PR 42-2006. The largest European mono-segment filament-wound case solid propellant motor ever developed came to life at 12:30 Kourou time today (15:30 UT) when it was ignited for its first static firing test at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana.

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