P80
The monolithic solid first-stage motor of the now-retired original Vega launch vehicle.
Identity
- Aliases
- P80FW
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- P80
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- The monolithic solid first-stage motor of the now-retired original Vega launch vehicle.
- First Flight Date
- 2012-02-13
- Propellants
- HTPB solid propellant
- Rocket Specs
- Burn Time S
- 107
- Vacuum Thrust Kn
- 3,040
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:07:46 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 23:02:44 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Vega Launch Vehicle official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- Farewell to Vega
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- The Vega stages
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-15
- Note
- ESA records Vega's VV01 maiden flight on 13 February 2012; the mission used the P80 first-stage motor.
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- VV01 – Vega's first liftoff