Vega Flight VV24
Arianespace’s first launch of 2024 with the last Vega launcher will place its passenger, the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite, into Sun-synchronous orbit.
The launcher will be carrying a total payload of 1, 220 kg.
The launch will be performed from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Vega
The Light launcher
The Arianespace commercial launcher family was expanded in 2012 with the addition of Vega, a new-generation
vehicle for flights with small- to medium-sized satellite payloads. This four-stage launcher – a European Space
Agency (ESA) program – is tailored to carry the growing number of small scientific spacecraft and other
lighter-weight payloads under development or planned worldwide. Its target payload lift capability is 1,500 kg.
on missions to a 700-km. circular orbit. To meet the bourgeoning small satellite market for institutional and
commercial needs, Arianespace offers shared payload opportunities on Vega with the Small Spacecraft Mission
Service (SSMS). This concept – involving multiple small satellites from 1 kg. to 500 kg. being flown together
with the objective of sharing the launch cost – was developed with the support of ESA and Vega prime contractor
Avio. The satellite dispenser is an ESA product developed by Avio under ESA leadership, and it is produced by
the Czech company, SAB Aerospace s.r.o. Satellite integration can be performed for the first time in Europe
(at the Czech Republic).