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Vega C rocket launches FLEX and Copernicus-3C from French Guiana

September 14, 2026, 18:00 UTC · French Guiana, France · Americas · no longer in the live window

Europe's FLEX and Copernicus-3C Earth-observing satellites launched to orbit on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana.

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