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The first stone for Vega at Europe's Spaceport

4 November 2004

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The construction of the ground segment for Vega, the European small launcher, started October 2004 and is due to completion in April 2007.

Credits: ESA - J. Huart

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Europe's Spaceport showing in the foreground an artist's impression of the launch zone for the small launcher Vega (ZLV - Zone de Lancement Vega) and in the background, the launch zone for the Ariane 5 launchers

Credits: ESA - J. Huart

More about Vega's ground segment infrastructure

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The future launch pad for Vega (ZLV - Zone de Lancement Vega) consists of dedicated components (mobile building and permanent infrastructure) that will be built on the civil foundations of the previous launch pad (ELA1 – Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 1) used for the successful Ariane1 launchers.

Credits: ESA - J. Huart

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The launch operations for Vega during final countdown will be coordinated from the Jupiter Control Room.

Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace-S.Corvaja

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