Vega VV06 - LISA Pathfinder Launch - December 3, 2015

Video Credit: Arianespace/ESA Additional Information: ESA’s LISA Pathfinder embarked on a critical demonstration mission on Thursday, making a thundering blastoff atop a Vega rocket launching from the ZLV launch site at the Guiana Space Center for a trip to Low Earth Orbit. Blastoff occurred at 4:04 UTC and Vega’s three solid-fueled rocket stages fired for six and a half minutes followed by a 100-minute flight of the AVUM upper