Vega-C

A larger Vega with the P120C first stage it shares with Ariane 6. After a failure on its second flight in December 2022 it returns in late 2024 and launches Sentinel and other Earth observation satellites, including ESA's Biomass.

Launches

8

Success rate

88%

1 failure

First flight

13 July 2022

LARES-2 (Maiden flight)

Last flight

15 September 2026

Sentinel-3C & FLEX

Builder

Avio

Height

34.8 m

Diameter

3 m

Stages

4

Propellants

Solid, UDMH / N2O4

Payload to LEO

3,300 kg

Payload to SSO

2,230 kg

Payload to GTO

3,300 kg