Arianespace Vega rocket launches 3 satellites into orbit for French military
The Vega rocket launched three CERES satellites (short for “Capacité de Renseignement d’origine Electromagnétique Spatiale,” which translates to “Intelligence Capacity of Space Electromagnetic Origin”) at 4:27 a.m. EST (0927 GMT). from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, where the local time was 6:27 a.m.