allowing the launch of five satellites into orbits. Designed and manufactured in Dnipro by the Yuzhmash, the engines were transported to Kourou, French Guyana for launching the Italian-made rocket. The biggest satellite, the 922 kg the Pléiades Neo-4 Earth remote sensing satellite, was released into a sun-synchronous orbit 55 minutes after takeoff. Video shows a smooth launch, the latest in the 17-year collaboration between Yuzhmash and Italy’s AVIO SpA.