Vega
updated 4 days ago
European small-lift solid-fuel orbital rocket
Vega is Europe's small launcher, built by Avio in Italy and flown from Kourou. The Vega-C variant had a rough patch — a December 2022 failure grounded it for two years — before returning to flight in December 2024 and flying regularly again.
We track every Vega launch.
Vega
updated 4 days ago
European small-lift solid-fuel orbital rocket
Vega is Europe's small launcher, built by Avio in Italy and flown from Kourou. The Vega-C variant had a rough patch — a December 2022 failure grounded it for two years — before returning to flight in December 2024 and flying regularly again.
We track every Vega launch.
Service since 2012
2012 to 2029
2012 first flight 2015 peak (3 launches)
- launches
- 29
- success
- 90%
- upcoming
- 13
Vega Launch Activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Dec 05 202421:20 UTCDec 05 202421:20 UTC
- Apr 29 202509:15 UTCApr 29 202509:15 UTC
- Jul 26 202502:03 UTCJul 26 202502:03 UTC
- Dec 01 202517:21 UTCDec 01 202517:21 UTC
- May 19 202603:52 UTCMay 19 202603:52 UTC
- Now Jul 04 · 2026
Upcoming
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- Sep 11 2026Sep 11 2026
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Full Launch History
2029 Q3 | CIMR A France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2028 | ALTIUS France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2028 | CO2M-B France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2028 Q4 | CRISTAL France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2027 | KOMPSAT-6 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2027 | Eagle-1 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2027 | FORUM France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2026 | SHALOM France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2026 | CSG-4 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
2026 | IRIDE-MS1-EAGLET2 x 11 Italy • Avio • Vega C |
2026 | IRIDE-HYP-PLATINO x 2 Italy • Avio • Vega C |
Sep 11, 2026 | Sentinel-3C France • Arianespace • Vega C |
July 2026 | ClearSpace-1 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
May 19, 2026 | SMILE Italy • Avio • Vega C |
Dec 1, 2025 | KOMPSAT-7 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Jul 26, 2025 | CO3D & MicroCarb France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Apr 29, 2025 | Biomass France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Dec 5, 2024 | Sentinel-1C France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Sep 5, 2024 | Sentinel-2C France • Arianespace • Vega |
Oct 9, 2023 | THEOS-2 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Dec 21, 2022Failure | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Jul 13, 2022 | LARES 2 France • Arianespace • Vega C |
Nov 16, 2021 | CERES x 3 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Aug 17, 2021 | Pléiades Neo 4 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Apr 29, 2021 | Pléiades Neo 3 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Nov 17, 2020Failure | SEOSat-Ingenio and TARANIS France • Arianespace • Vega |
Sep 3, 2020 | SSMS PoC France • Arianespace • Vega |
Jul 11, 2019Failure | Falcon Eye 1 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Mar 22, 2019 | PRISMA France • Arianespace • Vega |
Nov 21, 2018 | Mohammed VI-B France • Arianespace • Vega |
Aug 22, 2018 | ADM-Aeolus France • Arianespace • Vega |
Nov 8, 2017 | Mohammed VI-A France • Arianespace • Vega |
Aug 2, 2017 | OPTSAT-3000 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Mar 7, 2017 | Sentinel-2B France • Arianespace • Vega |
Dec 5, 2016 | Göktürk-1 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Sep 16, 2016 | PeruSat-1 France • Arianespace • Vega |
Dec 3, 2015 | LISA Pathfinder France • Arianespace • Vega |
Jun 23, 2015 | Sentinel-2A France • Arianespace • Vega |
Feb 11, 2015 | IXV France • Arianespace • Vega |
Apr 30, 2014 | KazEOSat 1 France • Arianespace • Vega |
May 7, 2013 | Proba-V France • Arianespace • Vega |
Feb 13, 2012 | LARES France • Arianespace • Vega |