Vega-C: next launch, record and specs
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.
Record
8 launches, 7 successful (87.5%), 6 successes in a row.
Upcoming Vega-C launches
None on the schedule right now.
Specifications
- Maker: Avio S.p.A
- First flight: 2022-07-13
- Height: 34.8 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Payload to low Earth orbit: 3,300 kg
- Reusable: No