News Archive / Tagged: Vega

• Falcon Eye 1 spacecraft lost in Vega mishap

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 10th, 2019

  It appears a European Space Agency (ESA) rocket has encountered a failure which has resulted in the loss of the Falcon Eye 1 satellite that it had been tasked with sending to orbit.

• Arianespace launches Vega rocket with PRISMA

  Derek RichardsonMarch 22nd, 2019

  An Arianespace Vega rocket launched an Italian Space Agency imaging satellite into Earth orbit to demonstrate a new electro-optical instrument.

• Vega launches Earth-observing satellite for Morocco

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 21st, 2018

  Using Europe’s light-lift Vega launcher, Arianespace orbited the Mohammed VI-B Earth-observing satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco.

• Vega soars into the sky with ESA’s Aeolus wind-monitoring satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 22nd, 2018

  Arianespace successfully sent Europe’s wind-monitoring satellite named Aeolus to orbit on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The France-based firm used the smallest launch vehicle in its catalog, Vega, to carry out the first part of Aeolus's mission underway.

• Vega rocket sends MOHAMMED VI–A satellite to orbit on next-to-last Kourou flight of 2017

  Jason RhianNovember 7th, 2017

  Lighting the skies above the jungles of Kourou, French Guiana, an Arianespace Vega rocket lifted off from the Kourou Space Centre's ELV at 10:42 p.m. GFT (8:42 p.m. EST) on November 7 (01:42 GMT on Nov. 8), 2017. The payload for this flight was the MOHAMMED VI–A satellite which Vega sent on its way to a Sun-synchronous orbit.

• Arianespace poised to launch Vega with MOHAMMED VI–A satellite

  Jason RhianNovember 5th, 2017

  Arianespace is ready to launch the MOHAMMED VI–A satellite on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco on November 7, 2017, at 10:42 p.m. local time (01:42 GMT Nov. 8). The spacecraft is slated to lift off from the Guiana Space Centre's Vega Launch Complex (SLV) and will mark the 10th flight of the year for the Courcouronnes, Essonne, France-based firm. 

• Vega flight VV09 sends Sentinel-2B satellite to space

  Curt GodwinMarch 7th, 2017

  Cloudy skies posed no issue as Arianespace's Vega launch vehicle successfully delivered its Sentinel-2B payload into orbit on Flight VV09.

• Sentinel-2B satellite set for launch atop European Vega rocket

  Curt GodwinMarch 5th, 2017

  Arianespace, a France-based multinational commercial launch provider, is in the final stages of readying its Vega rocket to send the Sentinel-2B Earth-observation satellite into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

• Vega Rocket carries Göktürk-1 into orbit

  Jose FloresDecember 5th, 2016

  KOUROU, French Guiana — Like an arrow shot into the sky, a Vega rocket leapt off the pad at Guyana Space Center's Vega Launch Complex (SLV), carrying the Göktürk-1 into orbit. Arianespace's tenth mission of the year, designated VV08, took off on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at 13:51 GMT and successfully inserted Göktürk-1 into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at 14:49 GMT.

• Vega rocket to send Turkish Earth-observing satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 3rd, 2016

  Arianespace is gearing up for its tenth mission of the year that will launch the Göktürk-1 Earth-observing spacecraft for the Turkish Armed Forces. The satellite will be launched by the company’s light-lift Vega booster on Dec. 5 at 13:51 GMT (8:51 a.m. EST) from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana.

• Vega launcher sends PerúSAT-1 and four SkySat satellites into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 16th, 2016

  Arianespace has successfully conducted its seventh mission of the year on Thursday, Sept. 15, sending PerúSAT-1 spacecraft and four SkySat micro-satellites into space atop a Vega launcher. The rocket lifted off at 10:43 p.m. local time on Sept. 15 (9:43 p.m. EDT; 1:43 GMT on Sept. 16), from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana.

• Vega launcher to orbit five satellites on its seventh mission

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 14th, 2016

  Arianespace is gearing up for the seventh launch of the Vega rocket in its series, which will place into orbit PerúSAT-1 and four SkySat satellites. The launcher is scheduled to lift off from the Vega Launch Complex (SLV) in Kourou, French Guiana, at 10:43 p.m. local time on Sept. 15 (9:43 p.m. EDT; 1:43 GMT on Sept. 16).

• Arianespace announces busy 2016 launch manifest

  Tomasz NowakowskiJanuary 8th, 2016

  European commercial launch provider Arianespace has announced this week a busy 2016 launch manifest, targeting up to 11 missions this year. The company plans to conduct a record number of eight flights of its workhorse Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle. This year's launch schedule also includes two launches of the lightweight Vega rocket, and one using the medium-lift Soyuz booster.

• LISA Pathfinder launched on gravitational experiment

  Joe LatrellDecember 3rd, 2015

  After a one-day delay, the LISA Pathfinder mission was successfully launched on board a Vega rocket. The mission took to the skies early Thursday morning at 1:04 a.m. local time (04:04 GMT) on Dec. 3, 2015, from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

• ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission delayed

  Joe LatrellDecember 1st, 2015

  ESA has delayed their VV06 launch campaign for the flight of the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. The Vega rocket to be used for the mission has developed an issue requiring engineering analysis before the launch can move forward. Launch had been slated for Dec. 2 at 21:00 GFT - it is unclear when the flight might occur.