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Vega first launched in 2012 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to complement Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane rockets. Vega-C, a more powerful variant with greater payload volume and improved competitiveness, took over this role with its inaugural flight on 13 June 2022. Vega-E is now in development to further increase performance while reducing launch service costs.

Last launch: VV28, Vega-C with Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Kompsat-7 (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-7), 1 December 14:21 local time (17:21 GMT, 18:21 CET). 

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Kompsat-7 launched on Vega-C
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Kompsat-7 launched on Vega-C

28/11/2025 1359 views 18 likes
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ESA Council at Delegate level meets in Bremen on the eve of CM25.
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Ensuring autonomous access to space for Europe

27/11/2025 2150 views 12 likes
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ESA and CAS teams working on the Smile mission
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Smile approved for launch in spring 2026

20/11/2025 3370 views 40 likes
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Artist's view of Ariane 6 and Vega-C
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Two arrangements mark a new step for Ariane 6 and Vega-C ex…

14/11/2025 1570 views 23 likes
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ESA and Avio signature for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission
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ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demo…

29/09/2025 4570 views 51 likes
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MicroCarb in preparation for its flight on Vega-C
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Europe’s new carbon-monitoring mission launches on Vega-C

28/07/2025 1483 views 16 likes
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Hoisting satellites for Vega-C flight VV27 to the top of the rocket
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Watch live: Vega-C to launch CO3D and MicroCarb

23/07/2025 6595 views 47 likes
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Vega-C flight VV27 payload installation on top of the rocket
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Building Vega-C flight VV27

22/07/2025 1040 views 15 likes
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Biomass takes to the skies
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Biomass launched to count forest carbon

29/04/2025 17879 views 136 likes
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Vega-C fairing release revealing Biomass
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Watch Biomass launch live

24/04/2025 22333 views 66 likes
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Sealing Biomass within the Vega-C fairing
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Forest mission sealed within rocket fairing for liftoff

16/04/2025 3496 views 67 likes
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Biomass heads for the launch site
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ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site

10/03/2025 4641 views 54 likes
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Perfect placement for Smile’s payload module
Science & Exploration

When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch

06/03/2025 2815 views 48 likes
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Radar mission takes to the skies aboard Vega-C
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Vega contracts for future operations and development

18/12/2024 2846 views 27 likes
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FORUM
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ESA signs launch contract for climate mission FORUM with Av…

18/12/2024 1634 views 21 likes
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Vega-C lifts off with Sentinel-1C
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Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the s…

06/12/2024 12573 views 68 likes
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Vega-C with Sentinel-1C on the launch pad
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Vega-C complete for return to flight

04/12/2024 4265 views 31 likes
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Artist's impression of Copernicus Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher
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Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C

29/11/2024 30425 views 47 likes
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Lowering Zefiro-40 stage for Vega-C flight VV25 in the launch tower
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Building Vega-C flight VV25 for Sentinel-1C

15/10/2024 2384 views 22 likes
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Second Zefiro-40 test fire for Vega-C
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Last rocket motor firing clears path for Vega-C launch

03/10/2024 3833 views 49 likes
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Last Vega flight VV24 takes to the skies
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Farewell to Vega

05/09/2024 2548 views 12 likes
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Sentinel-2C takes to the skies
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Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus family in orbit

05/09/2024 14104 views 83 likes
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Sentinel-2C being encapsulated in the Vega fairing
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Sentinel-2C sealed in the Vega rocket fairing

23/08/2024 3103 views 40 likes
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Sentinel-2C arrives in Kourou
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Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana

22/07/2024 4188 views 45 likes
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ESA Council decisions set the stage for more diverse Europ…

05/07/2024 5034 views 5 likes
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Zefiro-40 hot fire test
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Successful engine test boosts Vega-C towards return-to-flig…

28/05/2024 1662 views 7 likes
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Science & Exploration

Smiles all round: Vega-C to launch ESA solar wind mission

30/04/2024 3286 views 35 likes
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PRETTY is testing 'slant' reflectometry
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Icy first light of shoebox-sized PRETTY CubeSat

07/03/2024 1570 views 7 likes
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Vega VV23 liftoff
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Vega flies to bring satellites to space

09/10/2023 13061 views 88 likes
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Inspecting CubeSats
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Shoebox-sized space labs being launched by Vega

06/10/2023 4708 views 47 likes
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PRETTY is testing 'slant' reflectometry
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Vega’s PRETTY CubeSat: unlocking satnav for Earth data

05/10/2023 3310 views 47 likes
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Proba-V Companion CubeSat
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Big Earth imager to be tested on small Vega CubeSat

04/10/2023 2845 views 58 likes
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ESTCube-2
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Vega’s ESTCube-2 tether to the future

03/10/2023 3655 views 68 likes
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Vega's fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings

27/09/2023 5372 views 87 likes
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Vega-C VV21 liftoff 13 July 2022, Europe's Spaceport French Guiana
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Behind the photo: Vega-C inaugural liftoff

02/09/2022 1236 views 9 likes
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Vega C VV21 liftoff 13 July 2022, Europe's Spaceport French Guiana
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Vega-C successfully completes inaugural flight

13/07/2022 11503 views 84 likes
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The Vega-C Payload Assembly Composite (PAC) with LARES-2 has beenintegrated onto the Vega-C launch Vehicle on 7 July 2022 at Europe's Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Vega-C: watch tomorrow's launch

12/07/2022 1408 views 1 likes
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Vega C PAC rollout, VV21
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T - 2 days to inaugural Vega-C launch: watch it live

11/07/2022 745 views 1 likes
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The Vega-C Payload Assembly Composite (PAC) with LARES-2 has beenintegrated onto the Vega-C launch Vehicle on 7 July 2022 at Europe's Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Vega-C: watch the launch

08/07/2022 18501 views 64 likes
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Vega-C VV21 LARES-2 livery artists impression
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Vega-C set for inaugural launch

04/07/2022 13882 views 90 likes
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Vega-C inaugural flight VV21 media kit

04/07/2022 8466 views 58 likes
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10 May 2022: The Vega-C Zefiro-9 third stage has now been transferred to and integrated at the Vega Launch Zone (Zone de Lancement Vega) ZLV at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana
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Vega-C stacks up for inaugural flight VV21

11/05/2022 2084 views 10 likes
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Vega-E is being targeted to fly from 2026 as the next evolution of the Vega launch system.
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M10 engine test success marks key step toward Vega-E

06/05/2022 4448 views 16 likes
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Vega-C: Launcher integration begins for inaugural flight VV…

26/04/2022 3736 views 57 likes
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Radar vision
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Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C

08/04/2022 30460 views 101 likes
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Launch of Vega VV20
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ESA’s Vega rocket marks ten years with countdown to more po…

11/02/2022 3644 views 55 likes
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FLEX
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Ride into space on Vega-C secured for FLEX and Altius

11/01/2022 4574 views 94 likes
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Artist's view of Vega-C
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ESA contract to advance Vega-C competitiveness

16/12/2021 2758 views 51 likes
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Launch of Vega VV20
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Latest Vega launch paves way for Vega-C

16/11/2021 9269 views 45 likes
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Vega liftoff on flight VV19
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Vega launches Pléiades Neo and CubeSats

17/08/2021 23903 views 68 likes
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