Vega Family (original) (raw)

Vega (LARES) [ESA] Vega-C (LARES 2) [ESA] Vega-E [ESA]

Vega is an ESA project for a small, solid-fueled launcher for low earth orbit payloads. It is compatible with payload masses ranging from 300 kg to 2500 kg, depending on the type and altitude of the orbit required by the customers. The benchmark is for 1500 kg into a 700 km-altitude polar orbit.

The Vega launch vehicles is launched from the refurbished ELA-1 complex, now redesignated ELV, at Kourou.

For the basic Vega launch vehicle, the first stage was originally a two-segment version of the Ariane-5 booster, but later in the development process the complete new P80FW first stage was developed. The second and third stages will be versions of the italian Zefiro motor, namely the Z23 and Z9. A liquid fuel propulsion module called AVUM forms stage 4, which is powered by a Ukrainian RD-843 engine of R-36M2 heritage.

Due to the reignitable fourth stage, Vega is able to place multiple payloads into orbit. In particular, it offers configurations able to handle payloads ranging from a single satellite up to one main satellite plus six microsatellites.

The improved Vega-C introduces some new motors. The first stage will consist of the P120C motor, which will also be used for the Ariane-6 launcher. As second stage, the larger diameter Zefiro-Z40 will be introduced. The third stage is an updated version, while the AVUM will get 150 kg more fuel, 100 kg less in structural mass and will be called AVUM+. A new 3.3 m fairing is also introduced.

Vega-C is planned for a maiden flight in 2019.

No: TNr: Type: Serial: Date: LS Payload

1 1 Vega VV01 13.02.2012 Ko ELV LARES / ALMASat 1 / e-st@r / Goliat / MaSat 1 / PW-Sat 1 / ROBUSTA / UniCubeSat-GG / XaTcobeo / LARES-A&H/SS 2 2 Vega VV02 07.05.2013 Ko ELV Proba V / VNREDSat 1a / ESTCube 1 3 3 Vega VV03 30.04.2014 Ko ELV KazEOSat 1 4 4 Vega VV04 11.02.2015 Ko ELV * IXV / AVUM VV04 5 5 Vega VV05 23.06.2015 Ko ELV Sentinel 2A 6 6 Vega VV06 03.12.2015 Ko ELV LISA Pathfinder 7 7 Vega VV07 16.09.2016 Ko ELV Per�Sat 1 / SkySat 4 / SkySat 5 / SkySat 6 / SkySat 7 8 8 Vega VV08 05.12.2016 Ko ELV G�kt�rk 1A 9 9 Vega VV09 07.03.2017 Ko ELV Sentinel 2B 10 10 Vega VV10 02.08.2017 Ko ELV OPTSAT-3000 / VENµS
11 11 Vega VV11 08.11.2017 Ko ELV Mohammed VI A (MN35-13A) 12 12 Vega VV12 22.08.2018 Ko ELV Aeolus 13 13 Vega VV13 21.11.2018 Ko ELV Mohammed VI B (MN35-13B) 14 14 Vega VV14 22.03.2019 Ko ELV PRISMA 15 15 Vega VV15 11.07.2019 Ko ELV F Falcon Eye 1 16 16 Vega VV16 03.09.2020 Ko ELV . Athena / ION-SCV 1 / ESAIL / UPMSat 2 / NEMO-HD / �uSat 6 / GHGSat C1 / Flock-4v 1, ..., 26 / Lemur-2 112, ..., 119 / SpaceBEE 10, ..., 21 / FSSCat A, B / NAPA 1 / TARS / EG 2 / OSM 1 CICERO / DIDO 3 / PICASSO / SIMBA / TRISAT / AMICal-Sat / TT�100 17 17 Vega VV17 17.11.2020 Ko ELV F SEOSAT-Ingenio / TARANIS 18 18 Vega VV18 29.04.2021 Ko ELV Pl�iades-Neo 3 / NORSAT 3 / AII-Bravo / ELO Alpha / Lemur-2 138, 139 19 19 Vega VV19 17.08.2021 Ko ELV Pl�iades-Neo 4 / BRO 4 / RADCUBE / Sunstorm / LEDSAT 20 20 Vega VV20 16.11.2021 Ko ELV CERES 1 / CERES 2 / CERES 3 21 1 Vega-C VV21 13.07.2022 Ko ELV LARES 2 / AstroBio CubeSat / GreenCube / TRISAT R / CELESTA / MTCube 2 / ALPHA 22 2 Vega-C VV22 21.12.2022 Ko ELV F Pl�iades-Neo 5 / Pl�iades-Neo 6 23 21 Vega VV23 09.10.2023 Ko ELV THEOS 2 / TRITON / PROBA V-CC / CSC 1, 2 / MACSAT / ANSER L, F1, F2 / ESTCube 2 / N3SS / PRETTY 24 22 Vega VV24 05.09.2024 Ko ELV Sentinel 2C

Planned:

x x Vega-C VV26 xx.03.2025 Ko ELV Biomass x x Vega-C xx.xx.2026 Ko ELV ClearSpace 1 x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV CO2M A (Sentinel 7A) x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2026 Ko ELV CO2M B (Sentinel 7B) x x Vega-C ? . xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV CO3D 1 / CO3D 2 / CO3D 3 / CO3D 4 / ? x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV CSG 3 x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV FLEX / ALTIUS x x Vega-C xx.xx.2024 Ko ELV KOMPSAT 6 x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2024 Ko ELV KOMPSAT 7 24 3 Vega-C VV25 xx.11.2024 Ko ELV Sentinel 1C x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV Sentinel 1D x x Vega-C . xx.xx.2026 Ko ELV Sentinel 3C x x Vega-C xx.xx.2025 Ko ELV SMILE

Rideshare payloads (unassigned):

TBD:

MicroCarb; StriX TBD;

Failures:

15: Structural failure in stage 2 16: 2 Lemur-2 satellites failed to deploy 17: AVUM stage TVC cabeling error

Launch sites:

Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France France