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 ...

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.

The European Space Agency on Wednesday announced the first flight of its upgraded Vega-C rocket. An improved version of the Vega rocket that made its debut in 2012 as a launcher specialising in ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully carried out its first commercial mission on Thursday, placing a French military ...

The Vega-C launcher did not resume flights until December 2024 after being grounded for two years following an accident that ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully carried out its first ... Russia pulled its Soyuz rockets and an accident grounded the smaller Vega-C launcher for two years. But with Vega-C resuming ...

Otherwise, this market would not exist,” said Marino Fragnito, chief commercial officer and launch services director at Avio, developer of the Vega C rocket, on the same panel. He was citing the ...

The Vega-C launcher did not resume flights until ... However, the heavy-lift rocket underwent a successful test in July 2024 and is scheduled to carry out five launches this year.

A successful mission would mean Europe can independently put large satellites into orbit for the first time since Russia pulled its rockets after invading Ukraine in 2022.