Launch Overview
Vehicle
Vega C
Agency
European Space Agency
Site / Pad
CSG / ZLV
Outcome
Success
Flight
VV21
COSPAR Designator
2022-080
Mission
LARES-2 (Maiden flight) (Earth Science)
Maiden flight of the Vega-C launch vehicle, carrying the LARES-2 passive satellite. It is a 40 cm diameter sphere with laser mirrors to study the Earth gravitational field and relativistic effects. Also onboard are six European research cubesats.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Vega-C
Provider
European Space Agency
Agency launches
6 (1 YTD)
Site launches
314 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
47 (1 YTD)