Vega C Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Vega C, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Vega family page.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Vega C made 7 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2022 and 2026. It is part of the Vega family. Of those, 6 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 86 percent. The busiest year was 2025, with 3 flights. Vega C has flown 1 time in 2026 so far.

7
Launch attempts
6
Successes
1
Failures
86%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2026 1 1 0 100%
2025 3 3 0 100%
2024 1 1 0 100%
2022 2 1 1 50%

Launch sites used

Sites the Vega C launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
CSG 🇪🇺Europe 7 6 1

Launch chronology

Every Vega C launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
May 19, 2026 2026-109 VV29 : SMILE CSG / ZLV Success
Dec 1, 2025 2025-279 VV28 : KOMPSAT-7 CSG / ZLV Success
Jul 26, 2025 2025-156 VV27 : CO3D1, CO3D2, CO3D4
+2 more , CO3D3, MicroCarb
CSG / ZLV Success
Apr 29, 2025 2025-090 VV26 : Biomass CSG / ZLV Success
Dec 5, 2024 2024-235 VV25 : Sentinel-1C CSG / ZLV Success
Dec 21, 2022 2022-F06 VV22 : Pleiades Neo 6, Pleiades Neo 5 CSG / ZLV Failure
Jul 13, 2022 2022-080 VV21 : Robusta 1C, Robusta 1D, Alpha
+4 more , Trisat-R, ABCS, GreenCube, LARES 2
CSG / ZLV Success