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Vega · Avio S.p.A

Vega

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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
29.9 m
Diameter
3.03 m
Mass
137,000 kg
Stages
4
Payload to LEO
1,500 kg
First flight
2012-02-13
Total launches
22
Success / Fail
20 / 2

Vega was a European expendable small-lift launch vehicle developed by Avio and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Designed to carry payloads between 300 and 2,500 kilograms into low Earth and polar orbits, Vega served primarily scientific and Earth observation missions.

Payloads it launched · 112

SENTINEL-2C
LEO
ANSER FOLLOWER 2
LEO
NESS
LEO
FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON)
LEO
CSC-2
LEO
PVCC
LEO
PRETTY
LEO
MACSAT (FINCH 1)
LEO
THEOS-2 (T2V)
LEO
CSC-1
LEO
ANSER FOLLOWER 1
LEO
CERES 1
Payload
CERES 2
Payload
CERES 3
Payload
SUNSTORM
LEO
PLEIADES NEO 4
LEO
LEDSAT
LEO
RADCUBE
LEO
BRO-4
LEO
CSS (TIANHE)
LEO
XW-4 (CAS-10)
LEO
TTU100
LEO
FLOCK 4V-26
LEO
DIDO 3
LEO