List of Vega launches

• Delta II 7420
• Epsilon
• Minotaur IV
• Minotaur-C
• PSLV
• Rokot
• Soyuz-2-1v
• Antares (rocket)
• Minotaur (rocket family)

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Vega

Vega's flight VV09 before its liftoff with the Sentinel-2B mission.
Function	Small-lift launch vehicle.
Manufacturer	Avio
Country of origin	Italy, European Space Agency [lower-alpha 1]
Cost per launch	US$37 million
Size
Height	30 m (98 ft)
Diameter	3 m (9.8 ft)
Mass	137,000 kg (302,000 lb)
Stages	4
Capacity
Payload to polar orbit (700 km, i 90°)
Mass	1,430 kg (3,150 lb)
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELV
Total launches	23 Vega: 21 Vega-C: 2
First flight	13 February 2012 [1]
Last flight	9 October 2023
First stage – P80 [2] [3]
Height	11.7 m (38 ft)
Diameter	3 m (9.8 ft)
Empty mass	7,330 kg (16,160 lb)
Gross mass	95,695 kg (210,971 lb)
Powered by	off
Maximum thrust	2,261 kN (508,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	280 s (2.7 km/s)
Burn time	107 seconds
Propellant	HTPB (solid)

Vega is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace which was jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Centre Spatial Guyanais on 13 February 2012. ^[6]

It is designed to launch small payloads — 300 to 2500 kg satellites for scientific and Earth observation missions to polar and low Earth orbits. ^[7] The reference Vega mission is a polar orbit bringing a spacecraft of 1500 kg to an altitude of 700 km.

The rocket, named after the star Vega, ^[8] is a single-body launcher (no strap-on boosters) with three solid rocket stages: the P80 first stage, the Zefiro 23 second stage, and the Zefiro 9 third stage. The upper module is a liquid rocket called AVUM. The improved version of the P80 stage, the P120C, will also be used as the side boosters of the Ariane 6. Italy is the leading contributor to the Vega program (65%), followed by France (13%). ^[9] Other participants include Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. ^[10]

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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2

3

2012

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'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

•   Vega
•   Vega (scheduled)
•   Vega-C
•   Vega-C (scheduled)
•   Vega-E (scheduled)

Launch outcomes

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2

3

2012

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

•   Failure
•   Success
•   Scheduled

Orbits

1

2

3

2012

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

•   LEO
•   SSO
•   TAO
•   Halo orbit Earth sun L1
•   HEO

Past launches

Note: Date and time of start (as count-down zero, ignition or lift-off?) is listed in UTC. (Although local time at Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, South America is UTC–3.)

2012

Flight	Date / time (UTC) [11]	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch Outcome
VV01	13 February 2012 10:00:00	Vega	ELV	LARES  • ALMASat-1  • e-st@r  • Goliat  • MaSat-1  • PW-Sat  • ROBUSTA  • UniCubeSat-GG  • Xatcobeo		LEO	University of Bologna [12]	Success
	First Vega launch; Geodetic and Nanosatellite;

2013

Flight	Date / time (UTC) [11]	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch Outcome
VV02	7 May 2013 02:06:31	Vega	ELV	PROBA-V  • VNREDSat 1A  • ESTCube-1	254.83 kg (561.8 lb) [13]	SSO	ESA • VAST  • Tartu	Success
	First commercial launch; Earth observation satellite; [14] [15]

2014

Flight	Date / time (UTC) [11]	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch Outcome
VV03	30 April 2014 01:35:15	Vega	ELV	KazEOSat 1	830 kg (1,830 lb) [16]	SSO	KGS	Success
	Earth observation satellite [17]

2015

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV04	11 February 2015 13:40:00	Vega	ELV	IXV	1,845 kg (4,068 lb) [18]	TAO	ESA	Success
	Reentry technology demonstration; IXV deployed into a transatmospheric orbit, AVUM briefly entered a low Earth orbit before performing targeted de-orbit. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
VV05	23 June 2015 01:51:58	Vega	ELV	Sentinel-2A	1,130 kg (2,490 lb) [24]	SSO	ESA	Success
	Earth observation satellite [25] [26] [27] [28]
VV06	3 December 2015 04:04:00	Vega	ELV	LISA Pathfinder	1,906 kg (4,202 lb) [29]	Halo orbit Earth–Sun L1	ESA / NASA	Success
	Technology demonstrator [30] [31]

2016

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV07	16 September 2016 01:43:35	Vega	ELV	PeruSat-1  • 4 Terra Bella satellites	870 kg (1,920 lb) [32]	SSO	Peruvian Armed Forces  • Terra Bella	Success
	Reconnaissance satellite / Earth observation satellite [33] [34]
VV08	5 December 2016 13:51:44	Vega	ELV	Göktürk-1A	1,060 kg (2,340 lb) [35]	SSO	Turkish Armed Forces	Success
	Earth observation satellite [36] (IMINT, Reconnaissance)

2017

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV09	7 March 2017 01:49:24	Vega	ELV	Sentinel-2B	1,130 kg (2,490 lb) [37]	SSO	ESA	Success
	Earth observation satellite [38] [39]
VV10	2 August 2017 01:58:33	Vega	ELV	OPTSAT-3000  • VENµS	632 kg (1,393 lb) [40]	SSO	Italian Defense Ministry  • ISA/CNES	Success
	IMINT Earth observation satellite [41]
VV11	8 November 2017 01:42:31	Vega	ELV	Mohammed VI-A (MN35-13A)	1,110 kg (2,450 lb) [42]	SSO	Morocco	Success
	Earth observation satellite [43]

2018

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV12	22 August 2018 21:20:09 [44]	Vega	ELV	ADM-Aeolus [45] [46] [47]	1,357 kg (2,992 lb) [48]	SSO	ESA	Success
	Weather satellite
VV13	21 November 2018 01:42:31 [49]	Vega	ELV	Mohammed VI-B (MN35-13B) [49]	1,108 kg (2,443 lb) [50]	SSO	Morocco	Success
	Earth observation satellite

2019

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV14	22 March 2019 01:50:35 [51]	Vega	ELV	PRISMA [52]	879 kg (1,938 lb) [53]	SSO	Italian Space Agency	Success
	Earth observation satellite
VV15	11 July 2019 01:53	Vega	ELV	Falcon Eye 1	1,197 kg (2,639 lb)	SSO	UAEAF [54]	Failure [55]
	IMINT (Reconnaissance) – The VV15 launch failure was possibly caused by a thermal protection design flaw on the second stage's forward dome area, [56] and led to reassignment of the FalconEye 2 launch. [57] [58] This also led to the highest recorded amount (US$411.21 million) for an insurance claim for a satellite launch failure. [59]

2020

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV16	3 September 2020 01:51:10 [60]	Vega	ELV	SSMS PoC Flight, D-Orbit, [61] Spaceflight Industries, [62] SITAEL [63] and ISISpace [64] microsatellites and cubesats (53 satellites).	756 kg (1,667 lb) [65]	SSO	Various	Success
	Technology demonstration: launch of the Small Satellites Mission Service Dispenser (SSMS Dispenser) Proof of Concept Flight. [66]
VV17	17 November 2020 01:52:20 [67]	Vega	ELV	SEOSat-Ingenio and TARANIS [68] [69]	925 kg (2,039 lb)	SSO	Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) (Spain) and Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), France	Failure [70]
	Earth observation satellite and Study of the atmosphere of the Earth. After ignition of the AVUM upper stage, a trajectory deviation caused failure. Satellites were valued at nearly US$400 million. [70] An assembly error (inverted control cable) was the suspected cause. [70]

2021

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV18	29 April 2021 01:50 [71]	Vega	ELV	Pléiades Neo 3  • NorSat-3  • Bravo  • ELO Alpha  • Lemur-2 × 2	1,278 kg (2,818 lb)	SSO	Airbus Defence and Space  • NOSA  • Aurora Insight  • Eutelsat  • Spire Global	Success
	Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) piggyback mission.
VV19	17 August 2021 01:47 [72]	Vega	ELV	Pléiades Neo 4  • BRO-4  • LEDSAT  • RADCUBE  • SUNSTORM	1,029 kg (2,269 lb)	SSO	Airbus Defence and Space  • UnseenLabs  • Sapienza University of Rome  • ESA  • C3S Hungary  • Reaktor Space Lab	Success
	Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) piggyback mission.
VV20	16 November 2021 09:27:55 [73]	Vega	ELV	CERES 1/2/3	1,548 kg (3,413 lb)	Semi-synchronous orbit (SSO) – New orbit by Vega	CNES  • DGA	Success
	SIGINT satellites. [74]

2022

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV21	13 July 2022 13:13:17 [75]	Vega-C	ELV	LARES 2 ALPHA AstroBio CubeSat CELESTA GreenCube MTCube-2 TRISAT-R	350 kg (770 lb)	MEO	Italian Space Agency Sapienza University of Rome University of Montpellier University of Maribor	Success
	First flight of Vega-C
VV22	21 December 2022 01:47:31 [76]	Vega-C	ELV	Pléiades-Neo 5  • Pléiades-Neo 6 (VHR-2020 3/4)	1,977 kg (4,359 lb)	SSO	Airbus Defence and Space	Failure
	Earth observation satellites [77] Failure due to loss of pressure of the Zefiro 40 second stage. [78]

2023

Flight	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch Outcome
VV23	9 October 2023 01:36 [79]	Vega	ELV	THEOS-2 TRITON ANSER × 3 CSC × 2 ESTCube-2 MACSAT N3SS PRETTY PROBA-V CC		SSO	GISTDA TASA INTA ISISPACE Tartu Observatory OQ Technology CNES TU Graz Aerospacelab	Success
	Earth observation satellites and Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #5 rideshare mission with 10 cubesats. Two cubesats, ANSER-Leader and ESTCube-2, failed to separate from the payload adapter and likely burned in the atmosphere together with the adapter when it was deorbited. [80]

Future launches

2024

Date / time (UTC) [11]	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
September 2024 [81]	Vega	ELV	Sentinel-2C	SSO
	Third Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite. [82] Final launch of the base Vega configuration. [83]
15 November 2024 [84]	Vega-C	ELV	Sentinel-1C	SSO
	Third Sentinel-1 satellite. Return to flight for Vega-C following the VV22 launch failure. [85]
December 2024 [86]	Vega-C	ELV	KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang-6)	SSO
	Earth observation satellite.

2025

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
Q1 2025 [87]	Vega-C [88]	ELV	Sentinel-3C	SSO
	Third Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite. [89]
Q1 2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #9	LEO
	SSMS #9 rideshare mission. Delayed due to the VV22 Vega-C launch failure. [85]
May 2025 [91]	Vega-C	ELV	SMILE	HEO
	Joint Chinese-European Earth observation satellite.
Q2 2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #7	SSO
	SSMS #7 rideshare mission.
Mid 2025 [92]	Vega-C	ELV	ALTIUS, FLEX	SSO
	ALTIUS is an ozone observation satellite. FLEX is an Earth observation satellite of the Living Planet Programme.
Q3 2025 [93]	Vega-C	ELV	Space Rider	LEO
	Technology demonstration [94]
Q3 2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #13	SSO
	SSMS #13 rideshare mission.
November 2025 [95]	Vega-C	ELV	PLATiNO-2 / MAIA	SSO
	PLATiNO-2 will host the MAIA instrument payload.
Q4 2025 [96]	Vega-C	ELV	IRIDE × ?	LEO
	First launch for the Italian IRIDE Earth observation satellite constellation.
Q4 2025 [96]	Vega-C	ELV	IRIDE × ?	LEO
	Second launch for the Italian IRIDE Earth observation satellite constellation.
2025 [97]	Vega-C	ELV	EAGLE-1	LEO
	Demonstrator satellite for the first European sovereign space-based quantum key distribution system.
2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #8	SSO
	SSMS #8 rideshare mission.
2025 [88]	Vega-C	ELV	Sentinel-1D	SSO
	Fourth Sentinel-1 satellite.
2025 [98]	Vega-C	ELV	BIOMASS	SSO
	Earth observation satellite. Part of the Living Planet Programme.
TBD [99]	Vega-C	ELV	PLATiNO-1	SSO
	Earth observation satellite.
2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #6	SSO
	SSMS #6 rideshare mission.
2025 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #10	SSO
	SSMS #10 rideshare mission.
2025 [100]	Vega-C	ELV	CO3D × 4	SSO
	Earth observation satellites
2025 [101]	Vega-C	ELV	CSG-3	SSO
	Third COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.
2025 [102]	Vega-C	ELV	MicroCarb	SSO
	Earth observation satellite.
2025 [103] [104]	Vega-C [105]	ELV	SHALOM	SSO
	Joint Italian-Israeli hyperspectral imaging satellite.

2026

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
January 2026 [106]	Vega-C	ELV	KOMPSAT-7 (Arirang-7)	SSO
	Earth observation satellite [107] [108]
Q1 2026 [87]	Vega-C [88]	ELV	CO2M-A (Sentinel-7A)	SSO
	Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme.
Q2 2026 [87]	Vega-C [88]	ELV	CO2M-B (Sentinel-7B)	SSO
	Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme.
Q2 2026 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #14	SSO
	SSMS #14 rideshare mission.
Q3 2026 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #15	LEO
	SSMS #15 rideshare mission to an equatorial orbit.
Q3 2026 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #16	LEO
	SSMS #16 rideshare mission to an equatorial orbit.
2026 [109]	Vega-C	ELV	ClearSpace-1	LEO
	Space debris removal demo.
2026 [110]	Vega-C	ELV	CSG-4	SSO
	Fourth COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite.

2027

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
Q2 2027 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #17	LEO
	SSMS #17 rideshare mission.
2027 [111] [112]	Vega-C [113]	ELV	FORUM	SSO
	Earth observation satellite. Part of the Living Planet Programme.
2027 [114]	Vega-E	ELV		LEO
	Maiden flight of Vega-E.

2028

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
Q2 2028 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #18	LEO
	SSMS #18 rideshare mission.
Q4 2028 [87]	Vega-C [115]	ELV	CRISTAL (Sentinel-9)	Polar
	Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter. Part of the Copernicus Programme.
Q4 2028 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #19	LEO
	SSMS #19 rideshare mission.
2028 [87]	Vega-C [116]	ELV	Sentinel-3D	SSO
	Fourth Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite. [89]

2029

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
Q2 2029 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #20	LEO
	SSMS #20 rideshare mission.
Q3 2029 [87]	Vega-C [117]	ELV	CIMR-A (Sentinel-11A)	SSO
	Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Part of the Copernicus Programme.
Q4 2029 [90]	Vega-C	ELV	SSMS #21	LEO
	SSMS #21 rideshare mission.
2029 [117]	Vega-C	ELV	CHIME (Sentinel-10)	SSO
	Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission. Part of the Copernicus Programme.
2029 [117]	Vega-C	ELV	LSTM (Sentinel-8)	SSO
	Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme.

2030

Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Orbit
2030 [118]	Vega-C	ELV	TRUTHS	LEO
	Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

Vega-C rocket model being displayed at a Paris show in 2015

Mock-up of Ariane 6 including four P120C boosters, which will also constitute Vega-C's first stage.

• List of Falcon 1 launches
• List of Electron launches
• Falcon 1
• PSLV

Notes

1. The European Space Agency brings together, in addition to Italy, 21 more sovereign states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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