Vega
updated 3 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 3 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.
Servicesince 2012
20122029
2012·first flight◇2015·peak (3 launches)
- launches
- 29 launches
- success
- 90% success
- upcoming
- 13 upcoming
Vega Launch Activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Dec 05202421:20UTCDec 05202421:20UTC
- Apr 29202509:15UTCApr 29202509:15UTC
- Jul 26202502:03UTCJul 26202502:03UTC
- Dec 01202517:21UTCDec 01202517:21UTC
- May 19202603:52UTCMay 19202603:52UTC
- NowJun 14 · 2026
Upcoming
- Jul2026Jul2026
- Sep 012026Sep 012026
- Nov2026Nov2026
- 20262026
- 20262026
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 | 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 |
November 2026 | KOMPSAT-6 France•Arianespace•Vega C |
Sep 1, 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 |