July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... in French Guyana, where Ariane (and more recently Vega) rockets are operated. Additionally, an important market development...how Soyuz can complement in the long run Ariane and Vega launchers, and demonstrates the flexibility of the Arianespace launch...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...264 kg, which could be lifted by a single light-class Vega launcher. Although nanosatellite contributions to the total mass of small ... kg, which could be lifted by four light-class Vega launchers. The highest contribution to the total small spacecraft...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
.... These include the Soviet Union’s Vega 1 and 2 which were launched in 1984 to target Venus and... Halley’s Comet. The Vega spacecraft, while en route to Venus deployed a pair of landers in addition...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
..., they will see a flash from the satellite in the night sky,” said Principal Investigator Jaime Sanchez de la Vega, of Vega Space Systems, According to the CubeSat’s website, its mission objective is “to produce a light visible to the naked eye...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... CubeSats on several different vehicles. Commercially, one can deploy on Russian and Indian vehicles. And the European Vega and Soyuz also offer flight opportunities. Meanwhile, NanoRacks’ deployment program from the International Space Station...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... customers. Russia’s Angara-1.2 and Soyuz-1.2 lighter capacity rockets, which are beginning to be tested, may be a cheaper competitor to Vega (Europe), Taurus and Minotaur (US), and GSLV (India) – while being able to carry bigger loads. Yet the...
