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This is a link post Arianespace launch, Vega Mohammed VI-B, 01:42 GMT
Launch time: 0142 GMT on 21st
Launch site: ZLV, Kourou, French Guiana
Arianespace Vega rocket VV13 will launch with the Mohammed VI-B Earth observation satellite for the government of Morocco.

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(, Tue 20 Nov 2018, 23:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's about time the rocket launching community reached out to religious types by naming a rocket after one of their prophets.

(, Tue 20 Nov 2018, 23:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Reached out

(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 4:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I like the Ceefaxesque pre-launch easy listening soundtrack
(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 0:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post SPPPPAAAAAACCCEEEEE

(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 7:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you allowed to name satellites after the prophet then?
or 80s chanteuses?
(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 8:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good job Mohammed didn't blow up
That wouldn't have gone at all well.
(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 10:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post phew! I just tuned in when the countdown was at 28 seconds.
SCIENCE!
(, Wed 21 Nov 2018, 11:36, , Reply)