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Vega-C: watch the launch

Written by  Friday, 08 July 2022 08:00
The Vega-C Payload Assembly Composite (PAC) with LARES-2 has beenintegrated onto the Vega-C launch Vehicle on 7 July 2022 at Europe's Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.

ESA’s new Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its 13 July inaugural flight. You can follow live on ESA Web TV - EN or IT

Flight VV21 will now lift off as soon as 14:13 CEST, pending suitable conditions for launch.

    Broadcast is now live - EN or IT

    14:13 CEST/13:13 BST/12:13 UTC/09:13 Kourou – liftoff

CHALLENGING MISSION

As with any inaugural launch, this is a challenging mission. “Vega-C features major enhancements from Vega, both in the rocket and its ground infrastructure,” says Renato Lafranconi, Vega programmes manager. “We’ve developed a new configuration with significant changes to many features of a proven concept, but the goal is to deliver major improvements in performance and competitiveness.”

ESA’s Director of Space Transportation, Daniel Neuenschwander stresses that Vega-C will work alongside the Ariane 6 heavy lifter to ensure Europe maintains flexible, competitive – and, critically, autonomous – launch capabilities: “With Vega-C and Ariane 6, Europe will have a flexible, independent solution for a fast-changing launch market.

“And, these two systems are the foundation of a development plan that will serve European institutions and commercial partners, opening a new chapter of European services.”

ESA Member States participating in Vega-C are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.


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