N° 31–2020: Call for media: Results of the Independent Inquiry Commission related to Vega flight VV17 mission loss

Arianespace and ESA set up immediately an independent Inquiry Commission, on 18 November.

The Commission has now provided the results of the Independent Inquiry Commission.

Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Space Transportation and Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, will jointly present the findings of this commission on Friday, 18 December at 09:00 CET, in the presence of:

• Giovanni Colangelo, ESA Inspector General
• Pierre-Yves Tissier, Deputy Chief Technical Officer of Arianespace
• Giulio Ranzo, CEO AVIO

Media registration

Press are invited to register at the following link by Thursday 17 December.
https://www.esa.int/Contact/mediaregistration

After registering, media will receive additional information and the link to the online media briefing. For further information, please contact ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – media@esa.int 

About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Slovenia and Latvia are Associate Members.

ESA has established formal cooperation with six Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int

About Arianespace

Arianespace uses space to make life better on Earth by providing launch services for all types of satellites into all orbits.

It has orbited more than 700 satellites since 1980, using its family of three launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from launch sites in French Guiana (South America) and Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arianespace is headquartered in Evry, near Paris, and has a technical facility at the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, plus local offices in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Singapore.

Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 15 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.

For further information:

ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Ninja Menning

Email: media@esa.int

Tel: +31 71 565 6409