Vega-C
Italy2022 to 2026The Vega-C stands 34.8 m (114 ft) tall and can lift 3,300 kg to low Earth orbit. As of 23 October 2026, the Vega-C, in all its versions, has 8 launches on record, from 13 July 2022 to 15 September 2026, and 7 of them succeeded (88%).
Latest mission
Earth Science
Vega-C
Sep 15, 2026
Vega-C flight VV30 successfully placed Copernicus Sentinel-3C and ESA's FLEX Earth Explorer into about 810 km sun-synchronous orbit from French Guiana. On Vega-C's first dual launch, the new Vespa adapter released Sentinel-3C first and FLEX about an hour later; both contacted ESOC. FLEX is ESA's first satellite built to measure plant fluorescence from space.
Next mission
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No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
4 t
vs 2 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.1 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Vega-C launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Vega-C launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
- Launches
- 8
- Success rate
- 88%
- 1 failure
- First flight
- 2022
- Vega-C
- Last flight
- 2026
- Vega-C
- Rocket types
- 2
- 1 upcoming
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Vega-C versions
| Rocket | Flown | Launches | Success rate | Height | Payload to LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega-C | 2022 to 2026 | 8 | 88% | 34.8 m | 3,300 kg |
| Vega-C Block 2 | Upcoming | 34.8 m |