Vega

retired

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Specifications

Status: retired
Height: 29.9 m
Diameter: 3.03 m
Mass: 137,000 kg
Stages: 4
Thrust: 2,974 kN
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

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