There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

Europe has launched its Vega rocket for the last time, on a mission to carry the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Earth-observation Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite into orbit. The Vega rocket has ...

Related: Vega rocket launches Earth observation satellite and 4 cubesats into orbit The rocket debuted in February 2012 and has flown a total of 21 missions to date, 19 of them successful.

Arianespace’s Vega rocket failed during the launch of the Falcon Eye-1 spacecraft for the United Arab Emirates. The launch has been delayed by several days due to unacceptable upper-level winds.

On November 17th, a Vega rocket lifted off from French Guiana with its payload of two Earth observation satellites. The booster, coincidentally the 17th Vega to fly, performed perfectly ...

Following its arrival at Pariacabo harbor in Kourou, French Guiana, ESA's Biomass satellite has been rolled out of its ...

The Vega rocket, which stands 100 feet tall, can deliver payloads of up to 3,300 pounds (1,500 kilograms) to a circular orbit 435 miles (700 kilometres) above Earth. It has flown 21 missions since ...

The first launch of the week will take place on Monday from French Guyana. An Arianespace Vega rocket will carry the second Pleiades Neo 4 satellite for Airbus Defence & Space. The satellite is ...

Operators said the penultimate launch of the earlier version of the Vega rocket from Kourou had to be scrubbed late on Friday and that would there would be a fresh attempt late on Saturday.

Technologycategory· December 6, 2024 Europe's Vega-C rocket returns to space after two-year gap Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the ...