08.10.20
Firing tests
Successful final test firing of the P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
- Success of the third and final static test fire of the P120C rocket motor, lasting 130 seconds, at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
- The P120C solid rocket motor wi
01.10.20
Firing tests
Zefiro 9 Engine: Qualification test passed successfully
The test was performed at the presence of the Undersecretary of Defense Hon. Giulio Calvisi who then visited the construction site of the new SPTF industrial site for space activities in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia
14.09.20
Finance
First half 2020 results
BUSINESS RESILIENT ACROSS COVID-19
VEGA SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO FLIGHT
03.09.20
Space Launches
Vega returns to flight: mission accomplished
Flight VV16 marks the success of SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service) payload adapter maiden flight. 53 micro and nanosatellites have been deployed into Sun-Synchronous orbit.
01.07.20
Space Launches
Vega Flight VV16 postponed to August 18
Colleferro (Rome), 1st July 2020 – Vega VV16 flight operations have been interrupted by Arianespace due to the presence of exceptionally unfavorable high altitude easterly winds.
29.06.20
Vega Flight VV16 – the SSMS PoC mission: Launch postponed; reestablishing the launcher’s full readiness
As winds at altitude above the Guiana Space Center remain unfavorable, the final chronology operations for Vega’s Flight VV16 mission have been suspended.