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A Dnepr for Picard and Prisma
On 15 June, a Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket successfully placed the Picard satellite belonging to the CNES and the two satellites dubbed Mango and Tango from the Swedish mission, Prisma, in orbit. Dnepr is a former ballistic missile from the Cold War, the SS-18 Satan, now converted into a small satellite launcher.
Credit: Kosmotras

Dnepr launch vehicle (Wikipedia)

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