![Avio signing two contracts with ESA, the European Space Agency, in Paris](/sites/avio.com/files/styles/article_preview/public/2019-10/firma-contratto-di-sviluppo-Vega-E-e-Space-Rider.jpg?itok=ioistZpB)
THE NEW LAUNCHER HAS A LIQUID OXYGEN/METHANE ENGINE WITH A LOW IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SPACE RIDER CAN RETURN TO EARTH AT THE END OF ITS MISSION AND BE REUSED.
![Ariane 5](/sites/avio.com/files/styles/article_preview/public/2019-10/Ariane-5_VA244%20%281%29.jpg?itok=tEZ4u_6z)
ARIANE 5 LAUNCHES FIRST EUROPEAN MISSION TO MERCURY
![Ariane 5's 100th launch](/sites/avio.com/files/styles/article_preview/public/2019-10/Ariane5_1.jpg?itok=8np0sLG5)
ITALIAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY: THE STAR OF THIRTY YEARS OF COLLABORATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN PROGRAMME
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AVIO: REVENUES, MARGINS AND BACKLOG GROWTH
![Vega launcher](/sites/avio.com/files/styles/article_preview/public/2019-10/vega-launcher.jpg?itok=bbsTsnUZ)
Kourou (French Guiana), August 22, 2018 – Vega, the European launcher designed, developed and constructed in Italy by Avio, has successfully concluded its first mission of 2018, correctly placing in orbit the ESA’s Aeolus satellite.
![Arian 5 launch July 2018](/sites/avio.com/files/styles/article_preview/public/2019-10/Ariane-5_VA244.jpg?itok=spsMJSOy)
4 GALILEO SATELLITES PUT INTO ORBIT
Colleferro, July 25, 2018 - Ariane 5 successfully undertakes its third mission of 2018, correctly positioning in orbit four satellites for Europe’s Galileo project.