The new Vega C launcher will be more flexible and versatile than its predecessor, increasing the market for this vehicle from 50% to 90% of LEO satellites, a substantial part of which can be managed by exploiting its multiple launch capability. From this standpoint, the current VESPA Payload Adapter will be used in missions involving multiple launches (two satellites) or to house Cubesats and microsats in its internal platform.

Differently from Vega and Vega C Vega E will have a three stage configuration. The first two, P120 C and Zefiro 40 will be the same of Vega C. The upper stage will have a revolutionary engine which will burn liquid oxygen and methane. The rocket will be capable of releasing multiple satellites into different orbits during a single mission, maintaining the remarkable reliability and precision standards of the Vega family. 

Avio’s solid propellant motors rely on the filament winding process of impregnated carbon-epoxy composites.

The filament winding process:

Avio is directly involved in the European Space Agency project called Space Rider. This will be a reusable unmanned space vehicle which will reach Low Earth Orbit to carry out different types of missions. The Space Rider would be fully integrated with Vega C to provide a space laboratory for payloads to operate in orbit for a variety of applications in missions lasting about two months.

Space Rider will have the potential to allow:

Vega has the capability to lift multiple payloads at a time in any orbit up to 1,500 kilometers. The typical mission is launching 1,500 kilograms at a circular polar orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometers.
Vega is a four-stage rocket powered primarily through solid propulsion