List of Vega rocket launches

Vega-start list - Such statistics all starts of the European Vega - launcher . Vega is a European four-stage small satellite launcher . As a light launch vehicle, it complements the medium-weight Russian Soyuz and the heavy Ariane 5 , both of which are also launched from the Center Spatial Guyanais . With its simple design as a solid fuel rocket , the operators hope for increased reliability and a drastic reduction in start-up costs to less than 20 million euros.

All Vega rockets take off from the ELV (Ensemble de Lancement Vega) launch site of the European spaceport in French Guiana . The flight numbers are given the prefix VV for vol Vega (French for "Vega flight"), analogous to VA for the Ariane and VS for the Soyuz rocket.

statistics

List last updated: July 11, 2019

version	Vega ( P80 )	Vega-C ( P120 )
status	active	planned
First flight	February 13, 2012	2020
Number of flights	15th	0
Successful flights	14th	0
False starts	1	0
Partial successes	0	0
Last flight	(in action)	-
reliability	93%	-

Performed starts

The flight numbers are given the prefix VV for vol Vega (French for "Vega flight"), analogous to VA for the Ariane and VS for the Soyuz rocket.

List last updated: July 11, 2019

Serial No.	Date and Time UTC	Type	Start no.	Payload 3	Type of payload	Payload in kg (gross) 1	Orbit 2	Remarks
2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019
2012
01	February 13, 2012 10:00	Vega	VV01	LARES (primary load ), ALMASat-1 (primary load ), e-St @ r , Goliat , Masat-1 , PW-Sat , Robusta , UniCubeSat GG , Xatcobeo	Geodetic satellite, 8 technology testing satellites	? (410 kg net)	MEO	success
2013
02	May 7, 2013 2:06 am	Vega	VV02	Proba V , VNREDSat 1a , ESTCube-1	2 technology testing satellites , 2 earth observation satellites	638 kg (140 kg from Proba V, 115 kg from VNREDSat 1a, 1.33 kg from ESTCube-1)	SSO	success
2014
03	April 30, 2014 1:35 am	Vega	VV03	KazEOSat-1 (DZZ-HR)	Earth observation satellite	918 kg (830 kg from KazEOSat-1)	SSO	success
2015
04th	February 11, 2015 1:40 pm	Vega	VV04	Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV)	Experimental re-entry body	1932 kg (1845 kg from IXV)	suborbital	success
05	June 23, 2015 1:51 am	Vega	VV05	Sentinel-2 A	Earth observation satellite	1210 kg (1130 kg of Sentinel-2A)	SSO	success
06th	December 3, 2015 4:04 am	Vega	VV06	LISA Pathfinder	Space probe (technology testing)	1986 kg (1906 kg from LISA Pathfinder)	LEO	success
2016
07th	September 16, 2016 1:43 am	Vega	VV07	SkySat 4-7 PeruSat-1	2 earth observation satellites	1230 kg (4 × 110 kg from SkySat 4–7 and 430 kg from PerúSAT-1)	SSO	Success (1st commercial start)
08th	December 5, 2016 1:51 pm	Vega	VV08	Göktürk 1	Military earth observation satellite	1140 kg (1,060 kg from Göktürk 1)	SSO	success
2017
09	March 7, 2017 1:49 AM	Vega	VV09	Sentinel-2 B	Earth observation satellite	1208 kg (1130 kg of Sentinel-2B)	SSO	success
10	August 2, 2017 01:58	Vega	VV10	OPTSAT-3000 / VENµS	Environmental observation satellite	990 kg (368 kg from OPTSAT-3000 and 264 kg from VENµS)	SSO	success
11	November 8, 2017 1:42 am	Vega	VV11	Mohammed VI-A	Earth observation satellite	1190 kg (1110 kg of Mohammed VI-A)	SSO	success
2018
12	August 22, 2018 9:20 pm	Vega	VV12	ADM-Aeolus	Weather observation satellite	1436 kg (1357 kg from ADM-Aeolus)	SSO	success
13	November 21, 2018 1:42 am	Vega	VV13	Mohammed VI-B	Reconnaissance satellite	1184 kg (1108 kg of Mohammed VI-B)	SSO	success
2019
14th	March 22, 2019 1:50 am	Vega	VV14	PRISM	Earth observation satellite	953.5 kg (879 kg from PRISMA)	SSO	success
15th	July 11, 2019 01:53	Vega	VV15	Falcon Eye 1	Reconnaissance satellite	1279 kg (1197 kg for Falcon Eye 1)	SSO	Failure (→ explanation )

Planned launches

The list was last updated on August 28, 2020

Serial No.	Date and Time UTC	Type	Start no.	Payload 3	Art	Payload in kg (gross) 1	Orbit 2	Remarks
16	September 2, 2020 01:51 am	Vega	VV-16	SSMS POC (42 payloads)	Test of the multi-dispenser for CubeSats, micro and nano satellites	?	SSO	planned
17th	September 2020	Vega	VV-17	Ingenio TARANIS	Earth observation satellite research into atmospheric phenomena	? (840 kg from Ingenio and 152 kg from TARANIS)	SSO Quasi- SSO	planned
19th	December 2020	Vega-C	VC-01	LARES 2	Research satellite, geodesy	? (~ 350 kg from LARES 2)	MEO 5899 km circular	planned (first flight Vega-C)
	2020	Vega-C		CSG 2	Earth observation (radar)	? (<2230 kg from CSG 2)	SSO	planned
	2020	Vega		CERES 1-3	ELINT	? (3 × 130 kg from CERES 1–3)	SSO	planned
	2021	Vega-C		Pléiades-Neo 1-2	Earth observation satellite	? (2 ×? Kg from Pléiades-Neo 1–2)	SSO	planned
	2021	Vega-C		Pléiades-Neo 3-4	Earth observation satellite	? (2 ×? Kg from Pléiades-Neo 3–4)	SSO	planned
	2021	Vega		THEOS 2 HR	Earth observation satellite	? (450 kg from THEOS 2 HR)	SSO	planned
	December 2021	Vega-C		KOMPSAT-7	Earth observation satellite	? (approx. 2000 kg from KOMPSAT-7)	SSO	planned
	December 2021	Vega		/ MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission)	Atmospheric research	? (430 kg from MERLIN)	SSO	planned
	2022	Vega-C		CO3D	4 earth observation satellites	? (4 × 300 kg of CO3D)	SSO	planned

¹If not explicitly marked as net: gross weight ≈ satellites + adapter, housing etc. ( small and in brackets the weight of the satellites )

²Track on which the payload is to be (te) released from the upper level. This is not necessarily the target orbit of the payload.

³The payloads are recorded as they are placed one above the other (or in rare cases next to each other) in the payload fairing. First the top payload, then the second from the top, etc.

See also

• List of planned orbital rocket launches

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV02 ; PDF
2. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV03 ; PDF
3. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV04 ; PDF
4. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV05 ; PDF
5. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV06 ; PDF
6. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV07 ; PDF
7. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV08 ; PDF
8. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV09 ; PDF
9. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV10 ; PDF
10. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV11 ; PDF
11. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV12 ; PDF
12. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV13 ; PDF
13. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV14 ; PDF
14. ↑ Arianespace: Leek Kit VV15 ; PDF
15. ↑ ^{a b c} Stephen Clark: Launch Schedule. Spaceflight Now, August 11, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Steven Pietrobon: Ariane Launch Manifest. June 3, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 . 
17. ^ ^{A b} Gunter Krebs: Ingenio. Gunter's Space Page, May 20, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b} Gunter Krebs: TARANIS. Gunter's Space Page, May 20, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Gunter Krebs: Vega-C. Gunter's Space Page, March 9, 2019, accessed April 29, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Gunter Krebs: LARES 2nd Gunter's Space Page, March 9, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2019 (English). 
21. ↑ Gunter Krebs: CSG 1, 2nd Gunter's Space Page, February 14, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2019 (English). 
22. ↑ CERES. In: ceres.cnes.fr. Retrieved April 1, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Gunter Krebs: CERES. Gunter's Space Page, December 11, 2017, accessed on September 24, 2018 . 
24. ↑ ^{a b} Gunter Krebs: Pléiades-Neo 1, 2, 3, 4. Gunter's Space Page, December 11, 2017, accessed on September 24, 2018 (English). 
25. ↑ ^{a b} Gunter Krebs: THEOS 2 HR. Gunter's Space Page, October 1, 2018, accessed on April 29, 2019 . 
26. ↑ Arian Space: Arianespace to launch KOMPSAT-7 for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) using a C Vega launch vehicle. September 20, 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 . 
27. ↑ Gunter Krebs: KOMPSAT 7 (Arirang 7). Gunter's Space Page, September 21, 2018, accessed on September 24, 2018 . 
28. ↑ ^{a b} MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission) mini satellite. ESA - eoPortal, accessed on July 10, 2019 (English). 
29. ↑ Caleb Henry: Airbus to build four imaging satellites for French space. In: Spacenews. July 12, 2019, accessed July 15, 2019 . 
30. ↑ Airbus DS gets order for four Earth observation sats from CNES. Seradata, July 9, 2019, accessed July 15, 2019 .