UAE’s optical spy satellite lost after launch failure of Vega rocket

The UAE’s first spy satellite, the Falcon Eye-1, was lost during launch on Jul. 10 when the Vega rocket carrying it into space failed to reach orbit.

The satellite has a High-Resolution Imager (HiRI) with a resolution of 70cm.

This is the first failure of the Vega rocket.

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