Vega project logo

Vega project logo.

Versatile, efficient, precise — the Vega launch system is Europe’s way of launching light satellites to multiple orbits in a single launch.

Vega joined the family of rockets at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012, delivering satellites and spacecraft to equatorial and Sun-synchronous orbits, its last flight was in 2024. It demonstrated impressive capabilities ranging from equatorial to Sun-synchronous orbits, from orbital to suborbital missions, from single to multiple payloads.

Vega could lift payloads ranging from a single satellite up to one main satellite plus additional small satellites and place them into separate orbits on a single mission, making reaching space cheaper, quicker and easier.

Vega-C, a more powerful version of Vega with a larger fairing debuted in 2022. It uses the same P120C motor that are used on Ariane 6 as boosters to reduce costs for both rockets, allowing Vega-C launches to be offered at similar cost to Vega while delivering more – Vega-C can launch up to 2300 kg into orbit.