KYIV, Aug 23 – A European Vega light launch vehicle, which has a Ukrainian-made engine, has successfully put the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite into orbit.

The Vega rocket lifted away at 00:20 Kyiv time on August 23 from the Guiana Space Centre to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, France (South America), the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) said on its website. It was the twelfth launch under the Vega program and the first one this year.