Vega-C
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Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,974 kN
- Height
- 34.8 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Launch mass
- 210 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- $48M
- LEO capacity
- 3,300 kg
- SSO capacity
- 2,230 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
8flightswith a definitive outcome
87.5%success rate7 of 8
1failureincluding partial failures
6success streakcurrent
First flight July 13, 2022 · 13:13 UTC · latest September 15, 2026 · 01:21 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Vega-C flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |