Vega flight VV03

Vega flight VV03 is the third flight of the Vega launcher. It occurred from the Guiana Space Centre on at 01:35:15UTC.
Payload.
The flight was a single-payload mission that deployed the KazEOSat-1 Earth observation satellite into orbit, with a total payload mass of about , including the satellite and its adapter.
KazEOSat-1.
KazEOSat-1 (also designated "DZZ-HR"), had a lift-off mass of approximately , and was the only satellite on board the flight.
Mission description.
Launch date.
The launch was initially foreseen the day before (, also at 01:35:15UTC), but was postponed due to an improper behaviour of the payload venting umbilical.
The successful Vega flight finally took place on at 01:35:15UTC ( at 10:35:15 local time) from the ELV launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. It was the Arianespace launch of .
Orbit.
The mission was planned to last 55 minutes and 27 seconds from lift-off until separation, placing its payload into a quasi-circular sun-synchronous target orbit with an altitude of about , at an inclination of 98.54°.