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South Korea picks Vega C to launch satellite grounded by Russian sanctions

South Korea picks Vega C to launch satellite grounded by Russian sanctions - SpaceNews

South Korea has selected Arianespace’s Vega C rocket to launch a multipurpose imaging satellite, KOMPSAT-6, that has remained grounded due to sanctions imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine.

7:00 PM · Feb 1, 2023

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Choose a rocket that had a recent launch failure over SpaceX...nice.

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We tried to use falcon 9 but it would require additional alteration to Arirang-6 vehicle in order to meet their rideshare requirement so instead, we chose unreliable vega-c instead.

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