Milestones Vega C
2018
May

May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018

Initial payloads for Vega SSMS POC flight

Multiple small satellites are secured for the lightweight Vega launcher’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept flight (POC flight). Joining the customers are Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (the launch services subsidiary of Innovative Solutions In Space) with a QuadPack deployer for multiple CubeSats; SITAEL, to launch the first small satellite for delivery of STRIVING commercial space access services; and D-Orbit, for its ION CubeSat Carrier – a free-flying CubeSat deployer and technology demonstrator.

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2017
June

June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017

First Vega C contract inked

Arianespace announces the first launch contract signed for the upgraded Vega C, covering a mission to deploy Airbus’ new generation of very-high-resolution optical Earth observation satellites from mid-2020.

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