Colleferro (Rome), September 5th 2024 – Vega successfully launched the Sentinel-2C Earth Observation Satellite, a dedicated mission for the European Commission Copernicus Program. The payload was put into a Sun-Synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 775 kilometers.
Kourou (French Guiana), October 9th, 2023 – Vega rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana at 10.36 p.m. local time (01.36 a.m. UTC) and successfully completed its VV23 flight, placing into sun-synchronous orbit two satellites plus ten auxiliary payloads.
Colleferro, 03 March 2023 - Avio S.p.A.
Rome, 25 March 2022 – In relation to recent articles appeared on the press concerning the potential impacts of the on-going Ukranian conflict on the operations of the Vega launcher, Avio confirms that at present no specific impacts on Vega and Vega C continuity of operations are foreseen in the medium term.
Rome, 25 February 2022 – Concerning the recent dramatic events in Ukraine, at present there are no issues on continuity of operations of Vega.
We will continue to monitor the situation and inform on further evolutions of the above status.
We are close to the Ukrainian people in this difficult situation.
Ten years have passed since the first flight of the Vega. The European rocket developed by Avio within the framework of the European Space Agency programme has carried out several types of mission, demonstrating its versatility and paving the way for its first evolution, Vega C.
On its 20th flight, Vega delivered in orbit three CERES satellites for CNES and the French Ministry of Defence. The third successful launch in the last six months
With flight VV19, Vega successfully puts in Sun-Synchronous orbit Pléiades Neo 4 along with four small satellites in ride-share, including one for the University “La Sapienza” of Rome.
A review of the main articles of the international press on the success of the flight VV18 of the Vega rocket that has put into orbit the Pléiades 3 Neo Earth observation satellite along with 5 microsatellites.
"Vega return to flight creates competition for 30-centimeter satellite imagery" SpaceNews
With flight VV18, Vega successfully puts in Sun-Synchronous orbit the French satellite Pléiades Neo 3 along with several small satellites in ride-share.
