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Launch services

Vega technical data

• Typical length: 29.9 m.
• Typical diameter: 3.025 m.
• Typical liftoff mass: 137 tons
• Payload capacity: 1,500 kg. into a 700-km. circular polar orbit
• Industrial prime contractor: ELV S.p.A.

Vega > Performance

Vega responds to the commercial market’s requirements for a new-generation lightweight launch vehicle capable of orbiting small to medium-sized satellite payloads:

• Tailored for missions to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).
• Four-stage launcher design using solid propellant motors.

• Payload capacity of 1,500 kg. into a 700-km. circular polar orbit.

• Launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana, and supported by the world’s most experienced mission teams.

• Operations and marketing by Arianespace.

• Reduced operational costs with the use of Arianespace’s support facilities at the Spaceport.