Vega Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Vega family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Vega made 29 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2012 and 2026. Of those, 26 succeeded and 3 failed. The success rate comes to 90 percent. The busiest year was 2015, with 3 flights. Vega has flown 1 time in 2026 so far.
29
Launch attempts
26
Successes
3
Failures
90%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Variants
Counts for each Vega variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.
Recent launches
The most recent Vega family launches, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | 2026-109 | VV29 : SMILE | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 2025-279 | VV28 : KOMPSAT-7 | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Jul 26, 2025 | 2025-156 | VV27 : CO3D1, CO3D2, CO3D4 +2 more, CO3D3, MicroCarb | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 2025-090 | VV26 : Biomass | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024-235 | VV25 : Sentinel-1C | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 2024-157 | VV24 : Sentinel-2C | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 2023-155 | VV23 : ESTCube-2, ANSER LEADER, Proba-V Companion Cubesat +9 more, MACSAT, PRETTY, CSC-1, CSC-2, N3SS, ANSER FOLLOWER 1, ANSER FOLLOWER 2, TRITON, T2V | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Dec 21, 2022 | 2022-F06 | VV22 : Pleiades Neo 6, Pleiades Neo 5 | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Failure |
| Jul 13, 2022 | 2022-080 | VV21 : Robusta 1C, Robusta 1D, Alpha +4 more, Trisat-R, ABCS, GreenCube, LARES 2 | Vega C | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Nov 16, 2021 | 2021-105 | VV20 : CERES 3, CERES 2, CERES 1 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Aug 17, 2021 | 2021-073 | VV19 : Pleiades Neo 4, LEDSAT, Sunstorm +2 more, RADCUBE, BRO-4 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Apr 29, 2021 | 2021-034 | VV18 : Lemur-2161, NorSat-3, Tyvak-182A +3 more, Bravo, Lemur-2162, Pleiades Neo 3 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Nov 17, 2020 | 2020-U01 | VV17 : Taranis, SEOSat | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Failure |
| Sep 3, 2020 | 2020-061 | VV16 : Lemur FM11x, SSMS FLEXI-3, Dove 2407 +62 more, Dove 240c, Dove 2405, Dove 2401, Dove 240a, Dove 2406, Dove 2414, Dove 2413, Dove 2408, Dove 2426, Dove 2402, Dove 2403, Dove 2412, Dove 2256, RTAF-SAT 1, Kepler Demo 3, Lemur FM114, Lemur FM113, Lemur FM120, Lemur FM117, Dove 2274, Dove 227c, TTU100, SpaceBEE 14, SpaceBEE 13, SpaceBEE 12, SpaceBEE 16, SpaceBEE 11, SpaceBEE 17, SpaceBEE 10, SpaceBEE 18, SpaceBEE 19, SpaceBEE 15, SpaceBEE 20, SpaceBEE 21, Lemur FM119, Lemur FM116, Dove 241c, Dove 2254, Tyvak-0171, Tyvak-0088, 3Cat-5B, 3Cat-5A, Dove 227b, Dove 240f, Dove 225b, Dove 2416, AMICal-Sat, Dove 227a, Dove 2424, Dido-3, Dove 2307, Dove 2419, PICASSO, TRISAT, SIMBA, GHGSat-C1, NEMO-HD, UPMSat-2, Athena, ION-SVC001, ESAIL, Nusat-6 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Jul 11, 2019 | 2019-F05 | VV15 : FalconEye 1 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Failure |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 2019-015 | VV14 : PRISMA | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Nov 21, 2018 | 2018-095 | VV13 : MN35B | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Aug 22, 2018 | 2018-066 | VV12 : ADM-Aeolus | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Nov 8, 2017 | 2017-070 | VV11 : MN35-13A | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Aug 2, 2017 | 2017-044 | VV10 : Venus, Optsat 3000 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Mar 7, 2017 | 2017-013 | VV09 : Sentinel-2B | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Dec 5, 2016 | 2016-073 | VV08 : Gokturk-1 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Sep 16, 2016 | 2016-058 | VV07 : SkySat C3, SkySat C2, SkySat C5 +2 more, SkySat C4, Peru Recon | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Dec 3, 2015 | 2015-070 | VV06 : LISA | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
| Jun 23, 2015 | 2015-028 | VV05 : Sentinel-2 | Vega | CSG / ZLV | Success |
Showing the latest 25 of 29 launches.