Soyuz ST-A launches CSG-1, CHEOPS, OPS-SAT, EyeSat & ANGELS

Arianespace VS23 mission: a Soyuz ST-A launch vehicle launched the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite (CSG-1), the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS), as well as OPS-SAT, 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 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite is an Earth observation spacecraft launched for the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS)