List of Vega launches

Vega
Vega rocket about to launch with the Sentiniel 2B payload onboard, which was sent to study rising sea levels.

This is a list of launches of the Vega rocket.

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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  •   Vega(past)
  •   Vega(future)
  •   Vega-C

Launch outcomes

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  •   Failure
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  •   Scheduled

Past launches

2012

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV01 13 February 2012
10:00:00		 Vega ELV LARES  • ALMASat-1  • e-st@r  • Goliat  • MaSat-1  • PW-Sat  • ROBUSTA  • UniCubeSat-GG  • Xatcobeo LEO University of Bologna[1] Success
First Vega launch; Geodetic and Nanosatellite;

2013

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV02 7 May 2013
02:06:31		 Vega ELV PROBA-V  • VNREDSat 1A  • ESTCube-1 254.83 kg (561.8 lb) [2] SSO ESA • VAST •

Tartu

 Success
First commercial launch; Earth observation satellite;[3][4]

2014

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV03 30 April 2014
01:35:15		 Vega ELV KazEOSat 1 830 kg (1,830 lb) [5] SSO KGS Success
Earth observation satellite [6]

2015

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV04 11 February 2015
13:40:00		 Vega ELV IXV 1,845 kg (4,068 lb) [7] Suborbital ESA Success
Reentry technology demonstration; IXV deployed on suborbital trajectory, AVUM briefly entered orbit before performing targeted de-orbit.[8][9][10][11][12]
VV05 23 June 2015
01:51:58		 Vega ELV Sentinel-2A 1,130 kg (2,490 lb) [13] SSO ESA Success
Earth observation satellite [14][15][16][17]
VV06 3 December 2015
04:04:00		 Vega ELV LISA Pathfinder 1,906 kg (4,202 lb) [18] Halo orbit Earth-Sun L1 ESA / NASA Success
Technology demonstrator[19][20]

2016

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV07 16 September 2016
01:43:35		 Vega ELV PeruSat-1  • 4 Terra Bella satellites 870 kg (1,920 lb)[21] SSO Peruvian Armed Forces • Terra Bella Success
Reconnaissance satellite / Earth observation satellite[22][23]
VV08 5 December 2016
13:51:44		 Vega ELV Göktürk-1A 1,060 kg (2,340 lb)[24] SSO Turkish Armed Forces Success
Earth observation satellite [25] (IMINT, Reconnaissance)

2017

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV09 7 March 2017
01:49:24		 Vega ELV Sentinel-2B 1,130 kg (2,490 lb)[26] SSO ESA Success
Earth observation satellite[27][28]
VV10 2 August 2017
01:58:33		 Vega ELV OPSAT-3000  • VENµS 632 kg (1,393 lb)[29] SSO Italian Defense Ministry  • ISA/CNES Success
IMINT Earth observation satellite[30]
VV11 8 November 2017
01:42:31		 Vega ELV Mohammed VI-A (MN35-13A) 1,110 kg (2,450 lb)[31] SSO Morocco Success
Earth observation satellite[32]

2018

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV12 22 August 2018
21:20:09 [33]		 Vega ELV ADM-Aeolus [34][35][36] 1,357 kg (2,992 lb) [37] SSO ESA Success
Weather satellite
VV13 21 November 2018
01:42:31 [38]		 Vega ELV Mohammed VI-B (MN35-13B) [38] 1,108 kg (2,443 lb) [39] SSO Morocco Success
Earth observation satellite

2019

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV14 22 March 2019
01:50:35 [40]		 Vega ELV PRISMA [41] 879 kg (1,938 lb) [42] SSO Italian Space Agency Success
Earth observation satellite
VV15 11 July 2019
01:53		 Vega ELV Falcon Eye 1 1,197 kg (2,639 lb) SSO UAEAF [43] Failure [44]
IMINT (Reconnaissance) - The VV15 launch failure was possibly caused by a thermal protection design flaw on the second stage's forward dome area,[45] and has led to reassignment of the FalconEye 2 launch. This also led to the highest recorded amount (US$411.21 million) for an insurance claim for a satellite launch failure.[46]

2020

Flight Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
Outcome
VV16 3 September 2020
01:51:10 [47]		 Vega ELV SSMS PoC Flight, D-Orbit,[48] Spaceflight Industries,[49] SITAEL[50] and ISISpace[51] microsatellites and cubesats (53 satellites). 756 kg (1,667 lb) [52] SSO Various Success
Technology demonstration: launch of the Small Satellites Mission Service Dispenser (SSMS Dispenser) Proof of Concept Flight.[53]
VV17 17 November 2020
01:52:20 [54]		 Vega ELV SEOSat-Ingenio and TARANIS [55][56] 925 kg (2,039 lb) SSO Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) (Spain) and Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), France Failure [57]
Earth observation satellite and Study of the atmosphere of the Earth. After ignition of the AVUM upper stage, a trajectory deviation caused failure. Satellites were valued at nearly US$400 million.[57] An assembly error (inverted control cable) was the suspected cause.[57]

Future launches
Date / time (UTC) [58] Rocket,
Configuration		 Launch site Payload Orbit Customer

2021

Late March 2021 [59] Vega VV18 ELV Pléiades-Neo 1 SSO
Earth observation satellite
Mid-2021 [59] Vega-C ELV LARES 2 LEO
First flight of Vega-C.
2021 [59] Vega VV19 ELV Pléiades-Neo 2 SSO
Earth observation satellite
2021 Vega-C ELV SSMS [60] SSO
Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) rideshare mission.
2021 Vega-C ELV CSG-2 (COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation) LEO
Earth observation satellite [61]
2021 Vega-C ELV CERES 1/2/3 SSO
SIGINT [62]
2021 Vega-C ELV THEOS-2 HR SSO
Earth observation satellite [63]
2021 Vega-C ELV KOMPSAT-7 SSO
Earth observation satellite [64]

2022

2022 Vega-C ELV Pléiades-Neo 5/6 (VHR-2020 3/4) SSO
Earth observation satellites [65]
2022 Vega-C ELV Proba-3 HEO
Technology demonstration / Solar observation [66][67]

2023

Q3 2023 [68] Vega-C ELV Space Rider LEO
Technology demonstration [69]
2023 [70] Vega-C ELV CO3D × 4 SSO
Earth observation satellites

2025

2025 Vega-C ELV e.Deorbit LEO
Technology demonstration [71]

See also
Vega-C
Vega-C rocket model being displayed at a Paris show in 2015.

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