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Satellite Mohammed VI -B program successfully launched
By African Bulletin on November 21, 2018
An Arianespace Vega launch vehicle (Flight VV13) launched successfully the MOHAMMED VI – B satellite from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana, on 21 November 2018, at 01:42:31 UTC (20 November, at 22:42:31 local time). The Mohammed VI-B satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for the Kingdom of Morocco by Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime. It will be the second satellite of the program, with the Mohammed VI-A satellite launched by Arianespace on 7 November 2017.
