Vega C second launch
A Vega C lifted off Dec. 20, only to suffer a failure with its second stage about two and half minutes later.

Europe plans to return the Vega C rocket to flight by the end of the year after concluding an eroded nozzle component caused the failure of its previous launch last December.

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