AVUM+ hoisted onto Vega-C for flight VV27

Vega-C's fourth stage, AVUM+, being hoisted to the top of Vega-C for flight VV27, 18 June 2025.

Seen in this picture is the hoisting of the fourth stage of Vega-C on the launchpad. This Attitude Vernier Upper Module, AVUM+, provides several improvements over the fourth stage used on Vega-C’s predecessor, the Vega rocket. These include a composite skin sandwich structure, more propellant and main engine reignition capabilities, allowing Vega-C launches to be more flexible for multi-payload missions.

VV27 will take Airbus Defence and Space's four CO3D satellites and CNES' Microcarb mission to space.