# List of Vega launches

Vega was an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace which was jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Guiana Space Centre on 13 February 2012.
It is designed to launch small payloads — 300 to 2,500 kilograms (660 to 5,510 lb) satellites for scientific and Earth observation missions to polar and low Earth orbits. The reference Vega mission is a polar orbit bringing a spacecraft of 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) to an altitude of 700 kilometres (430 mi).
The rocket, named after the star Vega, is a single-body launcher (no strap-on boosters) with three solid rocket stages: the P80 first stage, the Zefiro 23 second stage, and the Zefiro 9 third stage. The upper module is a liquid rocket called AVUM. The improved version of the P80 stage, the P120C, is also used as the side boosters of the Ariane 6. Italy is the leading contributor to the Vega program (65%), followed by France (13%). Other participants include Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden.

## Launch statistics
### Rocket configurations

* Vega
* Vega C
* Vega C (scheduled)

### Launch outcomes

* Failure
* Success
* Scheduled

### Orbits

* LEO
* SSO
* TAO
* Halo orbit Earth sun L1
* HEO

## Past launches

Note: Date and time of start (as count-down zero, ignition or lift-off?) is listed in UTC. (Although local time at Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, South America is UTC−3.)

### 2013–2019

| Flight | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch Outcome |
| VV01 | 13 February 2012 10:00:00 | Vega | ELV | LARESALMASat-1e-st@rGoliatMaSat-1PW-SatROBUSTAUniCubeSat-GGXatcobeo | | LEO | University of Bologna | Success |
| First Vega launch; Geodetic and Nanosatellite; ||||||||
| VV02 | 7 May 2013 02:06:31 | Vega | ELV | PROBA-VVNREDSat 1AESTCube-1 | 254.83 kg (561.8 lb) | SSO | ESAVASTUniversity of Tartu | Success |
| First commercial launch; Earth observation satellite; ||||||||
| VV03 | 30 April 2014 01:35:15 | Vega | ELV | KazEOSat 1 | 830 kg (1,830 lb) | SSO | KGS | Success |
| Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV04 | 11 February 2015 13:40:00 | Vega | ELV | IXV | 1,845 kg (4,068 lb) | TAO | ESA | Success |
| Reentry technology demonstration; IXV deployed into a transatmospheric orbit, AVUM briefly entered a low Earth orbit before performing targeted de-orbit. |||||||
| VV05 | 23 June 2015 01:51:58 | Vega | ELV | Sentinel-2A | 1,130 kg (2,490 lb) | SSO | ESA | Success |
| Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV06 | 3 December 2015 04:04:00 | Vega | ELV | LISA Pathfinder | 1,906 kg (4,202 lb) | Halo orbit Earth–Sun L1 | ESA / NASA | Success |
| Technology demonstrator ||||||||
| VV07 | 16 September 2016 01:43:35 | Vega | ELV | PeruSat-14 × Terra Bella satellites | 870 kg (1,920 lb) | SSO | Peruvian Armed ForcesTerra Bella | Success |
| Reconnaissance satellite / Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV08 | 5 December 2016 13:51:44 | Vega | ELV | Göktürk-1A | 1,060 kg (2,340 lb) | SSO | Turkish Armed Forces | Success |
| Earth observation satellite (IMINT, Reconnaissance) ||||||||
| VV09 | 7 March 2017 01:49:24 | Vega | ELV | Sentinel-2B | 1,130 kg (2,490 lb) | SSO | ESA | Success |
| Earth observation satellite |||||||
| VV10 | 2 August 2017 01:58:33 | Vega | ELV | OPTSAT-3000VENμS | 632 kg (1,393 lb) | SSO | Italian Defense MinistryISA/CNES | Success |
| IMINT Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV11 | 8 November 2017 01:42:31 | Vega | ELV | Mohammed VI-A (MN35-13A) | 1,110 kg (2,450 lb) | SSO | Morocco | Success |
| Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV12 | 22 August 2018 21:20:09 | Vega | ELV | ADM-Aeolus | 1,357 kg (2,992 lb) | SSO | ESA | Success |
| Weather satellite |||||||
| VV13 | 21 November 2018 01:42:31 | Vega | ELV | Mohammed VI-B (MN35-13B) | 1,108 kg (2,443 lb) | SSO | Morocco | Success |
| Earth observation satellite ||||||||
| VV14 | 22 March 2019 01:50:35 | Vega | ELV | PRISMA | 879 kg (1,938 lb) | 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 | Failure |
| IMINT (Reconnaissance) – The VV15 launch failure was possibly caused by a thermal protection design flaw on the second stage's forward dome area, and 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. ||||||||

### 2020–present

| Flight | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch Outcome |
| VV16 | 3 September 2020 01:51:10 | Vega | ELV | SSMS PoC Flight (53 satellites) | | SSO | Various | Success |
| Technology demonstration: launch of the Small Satellites Mission Service Dispenser (SSMS Dispenser) proof of concept flight carrying 53 microsatellites and CubeSats. ||||||||
| VV17 | 17 November 2020 01:52:20 | Vega | ELV | SEOSat-Ingenio and TARANIS | 925 kg (2,039 lb) | SSO | CDTI and CNES | Failure |
| 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. An assembly error (inverted control cable) was the suspected cause. ||||||||
| VV18 | 29 April 2021 01:50 | Vega | ELV | Pléiades Neo 3NorSat-3BravoELO AlphaLemur-2 × 2 | 1,278 kg (2,818 lb) | SSO | Airbus Defence and SpaceNOSAAurora InsightEutelsatSpire Global | Success |
| Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) piggyback mission. ||||||||
| VV19 | 17 August 2021 01:47 | Vega | ELV | Pléiades Neo 4BRO-4LEDSATRADCUBESUNSTORM | 1,029 kg (2,269 lb) | SSO | Airbus Defence and SpaceUnseenLabsSapienza University of RomeESAC3S HungaryReaktor Space Lab | Success |
| Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) piggyback mission. ||||||||
| VV20 | 16 November 2021 09:27:55 | Vega | ELV | CERES 1/2/3 | 1,548 kg (3,413 lb) | Semi-synchronous | CNES/DGA | Success |
| SIGINT satellites. ||||||||
| VV21 | 13 July 2022 13:13:17 | Vega C | ELV | LARES 2ALPHAAstroBio CubeSatCELESTAGreenCubeMTCube-2TRISAT-R | 350 kg (770 lb) | MEO | Italian Space AgencySapienza University of RomeUniversity of MontpellierUniversity of Maribor | Success |
| First flight of Vega C ||||||||
| VV22 | 21 December 2022 01:47:31 | Vega C | ELV | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 | 1,977 kg (4,359 lb) | SSO | Airbus Defence and Space | Failure |
| Earth observation satellites. Failure due to loss of pressure of the Zefiro 40 second stage. ||||||||
| VV23 | 9 October 2023 01:36 | Vega | ELV | THEOS-2TRITONANSER × 3CSC × 2ESTCube-2MACSATN3SSPRETTYPROBA-V CC | | SSO | GISTDATASAINTAISISPACETartu ObservatoryOQ TechnologyCNESTU GrazAerospacelab | Success |
| Earth observation satellites and Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #5 rideshare mission with 10 cubesats. Two cubesats, ANSER-Leader and ESTCube-2, failed to separate from the payload adapter and likely burned in the atmosphere together with the adapter when it was deorbited. ||||||||
| VV24 | 5 September 2024 01:50 | Vega | ELV | Sentinel-2C | 1,143 kg (2,520 lb) | SSO | Airbus Defence and Space | Success |
| Final flight of the base Vega configuration. Third Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite. The AVUM upper stage utilizes two propellant tanks from the larger AVUM+ upper stage of the Vega C rocket. These tanks underwent modifications after two of the original four tanks were discovered missing in 2023 and subsequently found crushed in a nearby landfill, rendering them unusable. ||||||||
| VV25 | 5 December 2024 21:20 | Vega C | ELV | Sentinel-1C | 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) | SSO | ESA | Success |
| Third Sentinel-1 satellite. Return to flight for Vega C following the VV22 launch failure. ||||||||

## Future launches

| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Orbit |
| March 2025 | Vega C VV26 | ELV | BIOMASS | SSO |
| Earth observation satellite. Part of the Living Planet Programme. ||||
| June 2025 | Vega C VV27 | ELV | CO3D × 4 MicroCarb | SSO |
| Earth observation satellites ||||
| September 2025 | Vega C VV28 | ELV | SMILE | HEO |
| Joint Chinese-European Earth observation satellite. ||||
| November 2025 | Vega C VV29 | ELV | PLATiNO-2 / MAIA | SSO |
| PLATiNO-2 will host the MAIA instrument payload. ||||
| Q4 2025 | Vega C VV30 | ELV | IRIDE × ? | LEO |
| First launch for the Italian IRIDE Earth observation satellite constellation. ||||
| Q3 2025 | Vega C | ELV | KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang-6) | SSO |
| Earth observation satellite. ||||
| Q3 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #9 | LEO |
| SSMS #9 rideshare mission. Delayed due to the VV22 Vega-C launch failure. ||||
| Q3 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #7 | SSO |
| SSMS #7 rideshare mission. ||||
| Q3 2025 | Vega C | ELV | Sentinel-3C | SSO |
| Third Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite. ||||
| Q3 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #13 | SSO |
| SSMS #13 rideshare mission. ||||
| Q4 2025 | Vega C | ELV | IRIDE × ? | LEO |
| Second launch for the Italian IRIDE Earth observation satellite constellation. ||||
| 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #8 | SSO |
| SSMS #8 rideshare mission. ||||
| TBD | Vega C | ELV | PLATiNO-1 | SSO |
| Earth observation satellite. ||||
| 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #6 | SSO |
| SSMS #6 rideshare mission. ||||
| 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #10 | SSO |
| SSMS #10 rideshare mission. ||||
| 2025 | Vega C | ELV | CSG-3 | SSO |
| Third COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite. ||||
| 2025 | Vega C | ELV | SHALOM | SSO |
| Joint Italian-Israeli hyperspectral imaging satellite. ||||
| January 2026 | Vega C | ELV | KOMPSAT-7 (Arirang-7) | SSO |
| Earth observation satellite ||||
| Q2 2026 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #14 | SSO |
| SSMS #14 rideshare mission. ||||
| Q3 2026 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #15 | LEO |
| SSMS #15 rideshare mission to an equatorial orbit. ||||
| Q3 2026 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #16 | LEO |
| SSMS #16 rideshare mission to an equatorial orbit. ||||
| Q4 2026 | Vega C | ELV | CO2M-A (Sentinel-7A) | SSO |
| Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| 2026 | Vega C | ELV | ALTIUS, FLEX | SSO |
| ALTIUS is an ozone observation satellite. FLEX is an Earth observation satellite of the Living Planet Programme. ||||
| 2026 | Vega C | ELV | ClearSpace-1 | LEO |
| Space debris removal demo. ||||
| 2026 | Vega C | ELV | CSG-4 | SSO |
| Fourth COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation satellite. ||||
| 2026 | Vega C | ELV | EAGLE-1 | LEO |
| Demonstrator satellite for the first European sovereign space-based quantum key distribution system. ||||
| Q1 2027 | Vega C | ELV | CO2M-B (Sentinel-7B) | SSO |
| Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| Q2 2027 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #17 | LEO |
| SSMS #17 rideshare mission. ||||
| 2027 | Vega C+ | ELV | Space Rider | LEO |
| Technology demonstration ||||
| 2027 | Vega C | ELV | FORUM | SSO |
| Earth observation satellite. Part of the Living Planet Programme. ||||
| Q2 2028 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #18 | LEO |
| SSMS #18 rideshare mission. ||||
| Q4 2028 | Vega C | ELV | CRISTAL (Sentinel-9) | Polar |
| Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| Q4 2028 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #19 | LEO |
| SSMS #19 rideshare mission. ||||
| 2028 | Vega C | ELV | Sentinel-3D | SSO |
| Fourth Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite. ||||
| Q2 2029 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #20 | LEO |
| SSMS #20 rideshare mission. ||||
| Q3 2029 | Vega C | ELV | CIMR-A (Sentinel-11A) | SSO |
| Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| Q4 2029 | Vega C | ELV | SSMS #21 | LEO |
| SSMS #21 rideshare mission. ||||
| 2029 | Vega C | ELV | CHIME (Sentinel-10) | SSO |
| Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| 2029 | Vega C | ELV | LSTM (Sentinel-8) | SSO |
| Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring. Part of the Copernicus Programme. ||||
| 2030 | Vega C | ELV | TRUTHS | LEO |
| Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies. ||||