Orbital launch vehicle
Vega
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
Flights flown22
Success rate90.9%20/22
Payload to LEO1,500kg
Cost per kg to LEO$24,667$37M per launch
Maiden flight2012-02-13
Peak year20153 flights
Vega is built by Avio S.p.A of Italy. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 13 February 2012 and last flew on 5 September 2024.
Flight record
90.9% success rate20 of 22 flown · 2 failed
2012peak 2015 · 3 flights2024
First flight2012-02-13
Latest flight2024-09-05
Failures2
Consecutive successes5
Fastest turnaround75d 1m
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 1,500kg |
|---|---|
| Sun-synchronous orbit | 1,450kg |
| Launch cost | $37M |
| Cost per kg to LEO | $24,667 |
Vehicle
| Stages | 4 |
|---|---|
| Length | 29.9m |
| Diameter | 3.02m |
| Launch mass | 137t |
| Liftoff thrust | 2,974kN |
| Maiden flight | 2012-02-13 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Sun-Synchronous Orbit16Heliocentric L11Low Earth Orbit1Polar Orbit1
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-05 | Vega | Sentinel-2C | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2023-10-09 | Vega | THEOS-2, TRITON & others | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2021-11-16 | Vega | CERES | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-08-17 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 4 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2021-04-29 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2020-11-17 | Vega | SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2020-09-03 | Vega | SSMS PoC | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2019-07-11 | Vega | Falcon Eye 1 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 2019-03-22 | Vega | PRISMA | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-11-21 | Vega | Mohammed VI-B | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-08-22 | Vega | ADM-Aeolus | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-11-08 | Vega | Mohammed VI-A | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-08-02 | Vega | OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS) | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-03-07 | Vega | Sentinel-2B | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2016-12-05 | Vega | Göktürk-1A | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2016-09-16 | Vega | PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2015-12-03 | Vega | LISA Pathfinder | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Heliocentric L1 | Success |
| 2015-06-23 | Vega | Sentinel-2A | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Success | |
| 2015-02-11 | Vega | IXV | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Success | |
| 2014-04-30 | Vega | KazEOSat 1 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2013-05-07 | Vega | Proba-V, VNREDSat 1A, ESTCube-1 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2012-02-13 | Vega | Multipayload mission, 9 satellites | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia · Operator page