Vega

Overview

Europe's small-lift launcher with three solid stages and a liquid upper stage, for small scientific and Earth-observation satellites.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Operated byArianespace
• Launched fromVega Launch Complex (SLV)
• Replaced byVega-C
• Basis forVega-C

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ArianespaceArianespace SA

  Ariane and Vega launch-vehicle families — user's manuals and mission data.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.