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Vega sempre più vicino al lancio inaugurale

15 Dicembre 2011

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Vega's thirty-tonne solid-propellant second stage, the Zefiro-23, was transferred from the Vega Booster Storage and Preparation Building to the pad on 2 December at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut, 2011

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Hoisting of Vega's Zefiro-23 second stage

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Hoisting of Vega's Zefiro-23 second stage at Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana on 2 December 2011.

Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut, 2011

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Vega preparations are moving full speed ahead at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, with the mating of the Zefiro-9 solid-propellant third stage with the vehicle.

Vega's maiden flight is planned for the end of January 2012.

Credits: ESA, CNES, Arianespace, Optique Video du CSG, P. Baudon

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LARES, ALMASat-1 and CubeSats preparations

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The qualification flight of Europe's new small launcher, VV01, is scheduled for liftoff at the end of January 2012.

The payload for this first launch is the LARES laser relativity satellite from Italy’s ASI space agency and at least six small CubeSats and ALMASat-1 from European universities.

Credits: ESA, CSG, Arianespace, Optique Video du CSG, J.M. Guillon

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