Vega Launch Vehicle Family
Vega is the European small-launch-vehicle lineage developed under the European Space Agency programme with Avio as industrial prime. The family comprises the original Vega and the higher-performance Vega-C, providing autonomous European access to polar and low Earth orbits from the Guiana Space Centre.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Vega rocket familyEuropean Vega launcher family
- Family Name
- Vega
- Full Name
- Vega Launch Vehicle Family
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Vega is the European small-launch-vehicle lineage developed under the European Space Agency programme with Avio as industrial prime. The family comprises the original Vega and the higher-performance Vega-C, providing autonomous European access to polar and low Earth orbits from the Guiana Space Centre.
- First Flight Year
- 2,012
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Programs
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact P80 solid motor on Vega's first stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- second-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact Zefiro-23 solid motor on Vega's second stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- third-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact Zefiro-9 solid motor on Vega's third stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- fourth-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact AVUM restartable liquid-propulsion upper module.
- Name
- Vega
- Notes
- Exact four-stage Vega stack: P80, Zefiro-23, Zefiro-9, and restartable AVUM. Vega-C remains a separate named configuration with its P120C/Zefiro-40/AVUM+ generation.
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact P120C solid motor on Vega-C's first stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- second-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact Zefiro-40 solid motor on Vega-C's second stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- third-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact Zefiro-9 solid motor shared with the predecessor Vega.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- fourth-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact AVUM+ uprated restartable liquid-propulsion upper module.
- Name
- Vega-C
- Notes
- Exact four-stage Vega-C stack: P120C, Zefiro-40, shared Zefiro-9, and uprated AVUM+. Vega's predecessor stack remains separately named above.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_(rocket)
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 10:07:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 10:56:31 UTC
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