Soyuz ST A launches CSG 1, CHEOPS, OPS SAT, Eye Sat ANGELS

Arianespace VS23 mission: a Soyuz STA launch vehicle launched the COSMOSkyMed Second Generation satellite (CSG1), the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS), as well as OPSSAT, EyeSat and ANGELS cubesats, from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana, on 18 December 2019, at 08:54:20 UTC (05:54:20 local time). The COSMOSkyMed Second Generation satellite is an Earth observation spacecraft launched for the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS)