14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... for ride-share missions. ESA's upcoming Space Rider return-to-Earth vehicle will also be launched to orbit on a Vega-C. Vega-C also is also a timely arrival in support Europe's continued access to space as it will fill a big gap in capability now...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... Russian-built Soyuz for medium payloads, and the European Vega for small payloads. Ariane 5 is very reliable, but...ministers also agreed to develop an upgraded version of Vega. Ariane 6 and the new Vega-C will share the same first stage and thus all...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... transportation activities are carried out by Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launchers from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana...along with several dozen smallsat launchers and proposed launchers. Vega and Ariane 5 launch pads at the Guiana Space ...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... the craft’s flaps were borrowed from the Ariane 5 and Vega launchers. “We have built a lot on our launcher technology,”... Ocean is expected around 9:42 a.m. EST (1442 GMT) if the Vega rocket blasts off on time Wednesday. A recovery team in the Pacific...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
.... Overview of the LISA Pathfinder mission. Post launch On 3 December 2015 LISA Pathfinder was launched on Vega flight VV06. The Vega launcher injected the spacecraft almost perfectly into the target orbit and after separation the...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... Pasadena, CA, September 2015. 10Svitak, Amy, “Arianespace’s Vega to Launch Four Skybox Imaging Sats In 2016,” Aviation Week....com (web article), http://aviationweek.com/space/arianespace-s-vega-launch-four-skybox-imaging-sats-2016, 17 March 2015. ...
