KIEV, March 7 - A Vega launch vehicle with a Ukrainian engine was successfully launched on Tuesday from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Sentinel-2B Earth observation satellite for Copernicus was put into orbit.

According to a report on the website of Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash, Dnipro), the launch from the spaceport in French Guiana was the ninths launch under the Vega program and first in 2017.

According to the report, the Sentinel-2B satellite is the fourth satellite launched for Copernicus.